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High Cholesterol: Can the Damage Be Undone?
It takes years for cholesterol to clog arteries with plaque. But atherosclerosis can be reversed, at least to some degree. See what may help.

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XBB.1.16 Now a COVID ‘Variant of Interest’
Also referred to as Arcturus, the subvariant is being monitored by the WHO. However, “there is no early signal of an increase in severity.”
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