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Welcome ... ... to the WebMD Newsroom newsletter, where WebMD's award-winning medical news team brings you today's top health news - and why it matters.		MON MAY 12 2008
Does Air Pollution Cause Blood Clots? Why It Matters: Researchers reporting today in the Archives of Internal Medicine say long-term exposure to contaminants in the air could lead to a potentially serious leg condition called deep vein thrombosis. See if men or women are at higher risk. When Throat Cancer Isn't Caused by Tobacco Why It Matters: A report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology concluded something other than cigarettes and chewing tobacco also may cause throat cancer. See how knowing the cancer culprit may help doctors predict how successful treatment will be. Pediatric MS Can Hurt Young Minds, Too Why It Matters: When multiple sclerosis strikes in childhood, it may affect brain development, harming a child's attention skills and IQ scores. See why Italian researchers in the journal Neurology say that parents, teachers, and doctors must pay particular attention to these children's language skills, too. Heart Disease Looms on a Heavy Person's Horizon Why It Matters: Doctors look for many different signs a person is on the way to developing heart disease. Today, researchers warn in the Archives of Internal Medicine that some heart hints look most ominous for obese people, and different racial groups have their own rates of weight trouble. Viagra Helps Lessen Heart Damage From Muscular Dystrophy Why It Matters: The legendary impotence pill also may prevent the weakening of heart muscle in people with muscular dystrophy, say researchers in today's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Find out how this promising study in mice could soon help treat human patients with the disease. For more of today's headlines, go to the WebMD News Center

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