Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists. Two newly published studies indicate that a laser drill treatment for heart patients appears to relieve chest pain, but some cardiologists are questioning whether the surgery's benefits are merely an illusion. A heart drug has been found to delay blindness in mice with a condition resembling retinitis pigmentosa, raising hopes in the battle against the genetic disorder that afflicts up to 200,000 Americans. Japan Thirty-one years ago, a landmark heart transplant was performed in Japan. The recipient died and the procedure was stigmatized for years to come.
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