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Fish Oil Pills Appear to Help Against Heart Failure
AP - Sun Aug 31, 11:47 AM ETMUNICH - A daily fish oil capsule modestly reduced deaths and hospitalizations in patients with chronic heart failure, researchers reported Sunday at Europe's largest cardiology meeting — a rare win for a supplement in a rigorous trial.
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The largest salmonella outbreak in a decade is officially over, federal health officials said Thursday, closing a frustrating investigation that first blamed tomatoes, then pivoted to Mexican peppers after 1,442 people fell ill. - Scans Track Alzheimer's-Linked Protein in Living Brains AP - Thu Aug 28, 2:45 PM ET
Scientists have for the first time tracked the buildup of a protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease inside living human brains over two years, a step toward diagnosing the disease before memory fails and testing drugs that might slow it. - Study: 12 Percent of Indian Men's Deaths Linked to Alcohol AP - Thu Aug 28, 1:19 PM ET
Alcohol is responsible for an estimated 12 percent of deaths among Indian men aged 15 to 69, a sweeping new study concludes — a toll far higher than previously measured and one researchers link to the country's booming economy. - Correction: Hot Dogs-Cancer Story AP - Thu Aug 28, 12:09 PM ET
In a July story about a lawsuit demanding cancer warning labels on hot dogs, The Associated Press reported erroneously on the research cited by the advocacy group bringing the suit. The group is correct that some studies link processed meats to colon cancer; the story's characterization of the evidence was incorrect.
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