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This week's topics include combination cholesterol lowering medications, fitness as a predictor of heart-related death, gastric banding and diabetes, and oral contraceptives and the risk of ovarian cancer.
Program notes
0:26 Vitorin and cholesterol lowering medications
1:26 Thickening of arteries
2:18 Expense of combinatioin
3:06 Can lower risk of death in infections
3:42 Level of fitness determines cardiovascular mortality
4:51 Men who were highly fit
5:09 Gastric bypass and obesity
6:32 Remind of types of surgery
7:30 Risk associated small
8:30 Reduction in weight produces remission
9:04 American Heart Association goal
10:23 Oral contraceptives and reduction in ovarian cancer risk
11:13 Protective benefit persists up to 30 years
12:30 End
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