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Elizabeth Cooney is a health reporter for the Worcester Telegram &
Gazette.
Boston Globe Health and Science staff:
Scott Allen Alice Dembner Carey Goldberg Liz Kowalczyk Stephen Smith Colin Nickerson Beth Daley Karen Weintraub, Deputy Health and Science Editor, and Gideon Gil, Health and Science Editor. Short White Coat blogger Ishani Ganguli  |
« Nurse staffing levels not the whole story, reader says | Main | 'Gifted? Autistic? Or just quirky?' » Tuesday, February 27, 2007Today's Globe: painkillers and heart disease, exercise and breast cancer, narcissistic students, garlicPopular painkillers such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen can raise blood pressure and thus the risk of heart disease among men, researchers led by Dr. John Forman of Brigham and Women's Hospital reported yesterday. Exercising for five or more hours a week throughout life can cut a woman's risk of breast cancer by more than half, researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, said. Today's college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists at San Diego State University who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society. Garlic doesn't do much for the breath and it stinks for lowering cholesterol. That's the conclusion of the most rigorous study of raw garlic and garlic supplements, despite promoters' claims to the contrary, Stanford researchers say. Posted by Elizabeth Cooney at 06:22 AM
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