AstraZeneca Drug Is First to Reverse Artery Blockages (Update2) (Cirrhosis)

AstraZeneca Drug Is First to Reverse Artery Blockages (Update2)
Bloomberg - 10 hours agoMarch 13 (Bloomberg) -- AstraZeneca Plc's cholesterol- lowering drug Crestor reduced artery-clogging plaque in test patients, the first time a pill has ever reversed the years of damage that lead to heart attacks, researchers said. ...

S Korea PM offers to stand down
BBC News - 5 hours agoSouth Korea's Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan has offered to resign for playing golf when he was supposed to be dealing with a national railway strike. Mr Lee was criticised by opponents and some newspapers for ...

Ortiz powers Dominicans past Cuba 7-3
USA Today - 2 hours agoBy Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico The trouble with fielding a power-packed lineup is it becomes easy to rely solely on its might. The Dominican Republic flexed some of its muscle in Monday's ...

Fire deaths in Texas rise to 11
Houston Chronicle - 3 hours agoBy THOMAS KOROSEC and JOHN W. GONZALEZ. As one of the largest wildfires in Texas history approached their home in the small Panhandle town of Lefors, Linda and Randy Jones herded their dogs and cat into their ...