A new drug target in atherosclerosis: The anaphylatoxin C5a

Published January 4, 2011

A new drug target in atherosclerosis: The anaphylatoxin C5a
For decades, doctors have looked at fitness levels, weight, and overall health risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Now, they may soon add a new risk factor to the list: activation of the complement system. The complement system is usually implicated in immune responses, but now there’s a role for it in cardiovascular disease. In a new research report appearing in the January 2011 print …
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Proposals for Arkansas prison reform
The Pew study on Arkansas’s correction system was unveiled this morning by Gov. Mike Beebe and his working group. It says Arkansas could save $ 875 million over 10 years and reduce the projected prison population by more than 3,200 (essentially holding the population at its current level of about 16,000) by a variety of changes: more drug courts, beefed-up probation, higher probation and parole …
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Report: Lindsay Lohan Released From Rehab
The 24-year-old star starts the new year by finishing her fifth treatment stint
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