Word: heart
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...Clinton administration has finally interceded in the boiling controversy over racial profiling. The practice, used by law enforcement officials to identify individuals with certain racial or other characteristics statistically associated with criminal activity, is at the heart of a broad outcry over police discrimination. Attorney General Janet Reno, who has been meeting with police chiefs from around the country, said at her weekly press conference that she would ask police departments to start collecting data on the issue. Customs Commissioner Raymond Kelly, meanwhile, is creating an independent panel to review his agency's own policies and procedures...
Harvard researchers are reporting good news for heart disease patients--a new drug that may prevent atherosclerosis, the buildup of fatty tissue in blood vessels...
...report in the American Heart Association journal Ciruculation documents the drug's potential to prevent plaque build-up in the areteries of mivce...
...blood supply to tumors, stopping growth of new cancerous cells. The same technique of cutting of the capillary blood supply has now been shown to reduce the accumulation of palques, fatty tissue like cholesteerol which builds up and blocks blood flow in the arteries and leads to heart disease...
However, according to Moulton, another drug tested in Folkman's lab, TNP_470, has similar effects as endstain on retarding plaque buildup and is being used in human trials. Moluton said she is interested in continuing research on heart disease to investigate the mechasnism behind the success of endostain...