People genetically prone to higher levels of HDL, often called “good cholesterol,” showed that they did not have any significant decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.

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HDL ‘Good Cholesterol’ Found Not to Cut Heart Risk

Azithromycin may be risky for adults with heart problems, a new study finds, by possibly causing abnormal, potentially fatal, heart rhythms.

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Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death

Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s spiralling sculpture in the heart of the Olympic Park is being unveiled on Friday.

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VIDEO: Time-lapse of Kapoor’s Olympic Orbit

Scientists have flown through the heart of a turbulent weather system in a bid to understand the causes of heavy rainfall.

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VIDEO: Flying into the heart of a storm

In the Loop is starting a new feature, “Catching Up With . . . ” The idea is to find out where somewhat notorious former newsmakers are, what they’re doing and, if possible, their reflections on how they’re faring these days. We’re kicking it off with Fawn Hall , the document-shredding secretary at the heart of the Iran-contra affair. Read full article > >

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Catching up with Fawn Hall

The safety questions that dogged device makers years ago are resurfacing amid a controversy over how St. Jude Medical handled disclosures about a wire that connects a defibrillator to a patient’s heart.

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St. Jude’s Pledge to Improve Safety of Heart Device Falls Short

Remember derivatives? The financial products that Warren Buffett compared to weapons of mass destruction? The ones that were at the heart of the financial crisis? Well, they’ve been doing just fine. As recently as last spring, banks were increasing their derivatives’ holdings. But that may be changing. In the second half of 2011, the total value of derivatives contracts by insured U.S. commercial declined by 0.6 percent—the “first year-over-year decline on record,” according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The decline continued through the last quarter of 2011, when the notional value of derivatives experienced the biggest drop-off in history, falling by $17 trillion. Read full article > >

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Is Wall Street already shrinking?

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering at a Virginia hospital after awaiting a heart transplant for more than 20 months, an aide said.

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Dick Cheney Recovering After Getting a New Heart

LEAKESVILLE, Miss. — In the past few days, three Republican presidential candidates have campaigned in one of the most conservative sections of the country — two states at the heart of the Deep South. It sounded like a perfect match, red meat for red states. But, instead, everybody seemed a little uncomfortable. Read full article > >

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GOP candidates struggle to connect with conservative Southern voters

On a bridge outside Berlin one gloomy morning 50 years ago Friday stood Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of a CIA spy plane that was shot down over the Russian Ural mountains. He had waited 21 months for this moment. He had survived a plane crash, weeks of harsh interrogation and the brutal conditions of a Soviet prison. He was on the threshold of freedom, and his heart was thumping heavily. Read full article > >

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A spy swap’s legacy persists, 50 years on

It was Kate Middleton ’s year: The newly minted Duchess won the heart of both Prince William and the world, with her easy grace and shiny — so shiny! — hair. She was runner-up for Time Magazine’s Person of the year (“The Protester” won), and was recently named 2011’s best-mannered person (The worst? Kim Kardashian.) Her uterus even made our year-end list of what’s in and out , replacing her sister Pippa’s posterior as the royal body part fueling national speculation. Read full article > >

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Kate Middleton: All of her best outfits for 2011

Money is flowing by the barrelful into Mountrail County, N.D., transforming a tiny community into an unexpected oasis of prosperity at the heart of the nation’s biggest oil play.

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In North Dakota, a Great Divide Over Oil Riches

An 18-year-old man who died in an attack in Oxford Street in central London was stabbed in the heart, Scotland Yard says.

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West End victim ‘knifed in heart’

Doing extreme endurance exercise, like training for a marathon, can damage the heart, research reveals.

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Athletes ‘risk damage to heart’

Says gender disparity is at the heart of economic inequality.

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Gloria Steinem Highlights OWS’ Feminist Roots