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Science News for July 31, 1998


Doctors Are Underprescribing Key Blood Pressure Drug In Heart Attack Patients Most Likely To Benefit, Study Says

A national study finds that doctors are increasingly prescribing ACE inhibitors to heart attack patients, but still underprescribing them to those most in need. The study suggests that following American College of Cardiology guidelines could have saved up to 1,800 lives in the first year.

SourceUniversity of California - San Francisco·JournalJournal of the American College of Cardiology·DateJul 31, 1998

Cometary Impact With Earth Unlikely In The Next 500,000 Years

A new study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters finds that a review of thousands of nearby stars failed to show any rogue stars capable of altering comet orbits and sending them towards Earth. The researchers used the HIPPARCOS catalogue, which measures the location and motion of over 120,000 stars, and found no evidence of a

SourceOhio State University·JournalThe Astrophysical Journal Letters·DateJul 31, 1998