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  1. Health & Medicine

    Natural Ingredients: Method grows vessels from one’s own cells

    Starting with bits of skin, scientists have produced new blood vessels in a laboratory and successfully implanted them into two patients.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Pill eases craving

    An experimental drug called varenicline helps cigarette smokers kick the habit better than bupropion does, the most effective medicine currently on the market.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Endurance cycling tied to lasting heart damage

    Former professional bicyclers have signs of heart problems nearly 4 decades after competing in grueling endurance events.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    New drug fights heart failure

    The experimental drug levosimendin, in combination with standard drugs, eases heart failure symptoms better than standard drugs alone do.