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LOW-TAR CIGARETTES
If you can't kick the habit, you can at least minimize the damage by switching to an ultralight, low-tar brand, right? Sorry. A comprehensive National Cancer Institute study last year concluded that "light" smokes are every bit as bad for you as regular cigarettes. The report blasted the tobacco industry for deceptive marketing and called for a ban on the terms light, ultralight and low-tar.
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LVAD
For desperately ill heart-disease patients, the implantable pump called the LVAD (left ventricular assist device) buys precious time while they wait for a donor with a heart to spare to turn up in a morgue. A kind of poor man's artificial heart that gives a boost to the heart's main pumping chamber, the LVAD can lengthen and improve the quality of life even in a patient with no prospect of a transplant. Once thought of as only a temporary solution, the LVAD may soon be playing a bigger role in long-term management of heart disease.
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