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12.01.2009 5:54 pm

Chocolate milk may reduce inflammation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(New York Times News Service):

Scientists in Barcelona, Spain, recruited 47 volunteers ages 55 and older who were at risk for heart disease. Half were given 20-gram sachets of soluble cocoa powder to drink with skim milk twice a day,…

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10.15.2009 1:41 am

Heart stents to be tried for Impotence

Special to the Post-Dispatch

 Erectile dysfunction (impotence) is often caused by blockage of the arteries. This is similar to the blocked arteries that occur when a male has a heart attack. Thus impotence could be considered to be “penile angina”. In the past, surgeons…

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10.22.2008 1:00 am

Don’t let the financial crisis hurt your heart

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Louise Hawkley, associate director of the Social Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Chicago, explains to health.com How the Financial Crisis Could Break Your Heart, Literally.

Hawkley says elevated stress hormones constrict blood vessels, creating a vicious cycle where blood scrapes…

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