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For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").