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  1. Health & Medicine

    A potent fish oil drug may protect high-risk patients against heart attacks

    People with, or at high risk of, cardiovascular disease lowered their chances of having a heart attack or stroke with a drug containing an omega-3 fatty acid.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Health & Medicine

    Vitamin D supplements don’t prevent heart disease or cancer

    Vitamin D supplements won’t cut your risk of heart attack or stroke, according to highly anticipated study results.

    By Marcia Frellick
  3. Genetics

    Ancient DNA suggests people settled South America in at least 3 waves

    Genetic studies of ancient remains are filling in the picture of who the earliest Americans were and how they spread through the Americas long ago.