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Cancer Cost More Than Doubled in 40-Year War as Deaths Declined 16 Percent The rising cost of cancer research and care, which helped reduce death rates by 16 percent over 40 years, is straining the U.S. health system and needs to be restrained, commentators said in a special edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Skin Cancer Rising in U.S. Epidemic of Non-Melanoma Malignancy, Study Says Skin cancer types more common and less deadly than melanoma are rising in the U.S., leading to an “epidemic” of the malignancy that requires treatment, researchers said.

Abbott MitraClip Valve Clamp Offers Safe Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery Abbott Laboratories’ MitraClip cardiac clamp safely repaired leaking heart valves in a study, potentially providing a less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery.

Plump Lips Make Sex Symbols From Facelift Leftovers, Researchers Report Angelina Jolie-esque lips may be closer than you think; as close as your own neck.

Medtronic Freezing Catheter Works Better Than Drug for Heart Disorder Medtronic Inc.’s Arctic Front catheter worked better than medicine to control irregular heartbeats in people who didn’t respond to prior drug treatments, a study found.

Merck, Portola's Anti-Clotting Drug Linked to Less Bleeding in Research Merck & Co. and Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s experimental anti-clotting drug betrixaban caused less bleeding than an older treatment in people with an irregular heartbeat, a study found.

Novartis Heart, Diabetes Drugs Fail to Prevent Disease in New Research Novartis AG’s top blood pressure pill Diovan failed to prevent heart attacks, strokes or deaths in high-risk patients, while its diabetes drug Starlix didn’t protect them from developing heart disease or diabetes in an international trial.

Abbott's TriCor With Statin Doesn't Reduce Heart Risks for Diabetics Adding Abbott Laboratories’ cholesterol drug TriCor to an older, cheaper cholesterol pill failed to cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and cardiac deaths in diabetics, a study found.

World Trade Center Collapse May Be Linked to Heart Disorder, Study Finds Police officers who worked at the World Trade Center site in the weeks following its collapse from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack may be at greater risk for impaired heart function than other people, a study found.

Overweight Preteens Found to Be More Likely to Eat School-Provided Lunch Students who regularly eat lunch provided by their schools are more likely to be overweight and have higher levels of cholesterol than those who eat meals brought from home, a Michigan study found.