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Anchor lead: Are low nicotine cigarettes the answer to smoking cessation? Elizabeth Tracey reports Smokers who had no intention of quitting the habit and who were provided with low nicotine cigarettes make twice as many attempts to stop smoking as …
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Anchor lead: Who should really take a calcium supplement? Elizabeth Tracey reports Calcium supplements are very popular, with a recent survey finding one in three or one in two women taking them. Yet two studies in the British Medical Journal …
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Anchor lead: Can temporarily restricting blood flow improve outcomes from heart surgery? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ischemic preconditioning is the insider trader term for temporarily restricting blood flow to the heart prior to heart surgery with an eye toward improving outcomes, …
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Anchor lead: Looking at eye movements to discern stroke may lead the way to early intervention, Elizabeth Tracey reports Looking at eye movements to diagnose stroke may enable doctors to institute treatment strategies early and avoid an even bigger stroke, …
