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DIED. DERRICK THOMAS, 33, Kansas City Chiefs' nine-time Pro Bowl linebacker who was one of President Bush's "thousand points of light" for his charity work; from a blood clot following a car accident last month that left him paralyzed; in Miami...
...homocysteine, a naturally occurring substance that forms when the body breaks down protein. Elevated levels of homocysteine have long been associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Exactly how this amino acid harms the heart is unclear, but our best guess is that it either makes the blood clot more frequently or damages the lining of blood vessels in the heart. (Genetic defects and vitamin deficiencies have also been shown to cause an elevation in homocysteine...