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...EECP has"great potential and could be particularly applicable to patients who are notcandidates for revascularization procedures like bypass surgery or balloonangioplasty. . ." The precise mechanism by which EECP exerts its long-term beneficial effect isunknown, said Richard Nesto, MD, associate professor of me...UCSF-Harvard Team Reports Encouraging Results In Drug Study Of Mice With Cancer
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...ys that theimplications of the research are likely applicable to women and minorities. Aprevious study in northern Manhattan had shown similar findings in women andminorities. The Harvard Alumni Health Study started in 1962 as researchers tracked thehealth of people who graduated from Harvard between 1916 and ...Cereal Lessens Colon Cancer Risk
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