 |  |  |  This Week In Health Headlines | | | This week we learn that obese children have clogged arteries and heart abnormalities that increase their risk of heart disease, that the HPV vaccine protects men from genital warts, and that statins decrease the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some people with normal cholesterol and no other risk factors. We also learn that a bone marrow transplant may have cured one man of HIV infection and that vitamin supplements don't prevent heart disease. This week we learn that people's hands harbor a wider variety of bacteria than previously suspected, that TV programming with sexual content is linked to teen pregnancy, and that the brain may start to decline after age 40. | News brought to you by: | | | | | | |
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