On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of yesterday’s (February 20, 2010) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.
1. Chocolate Without the Fat?
British scientists create new low-fat chocolate, substituting the sweet’s fat particles with water. It is said to taste just like the real thing.
2. Avandia May be Responsible for Hundreds of Heart Attacks
Avandia, a drug used to treat diabetes, may be the cause of hundreds of heart attacks suffered each month.
(By CalorieLab editors)
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Lab Notes: Chocolate Without the Fat?; Avandia May be Responsible for Hundreds of Heart Attacks