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  1. Health & Medicine

    Teasing out tea’s heart-healthy effect

    Drinking black tea makes a person's blood vessels dilate more easily, which may explain why drinking tea can protect against heart disease.

    By Damaris Christensen
  2. Health & Medicine

    Nitric oxide may benefit damaged hearts

    A small study in mice suggests that inhaling nitric oxide may protect against tissue damage after a heart attack.

    By Damaris Christensen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Sputum Test May Predict Lung Cancer

    By zeroing in on aberrations in two cancer-fighting genes, researchers have found a marker for cancer risk that could help doctors screen people for signs of lung cancer early enough for treatment to be effective.