Doctors Absorb the Stunning Failure of Two High-Profile Heart Drugs

New York Times - Nov 8, 2026

By every measure, the drugs were no better than placebos, full data revealed on Saturday. Was it the fault of the design of the studies, or our very hypotheses about heart disease?

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NASA reveals new X-70 aircraft with 45,000-foot ceiling

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China’s Pudu Robotics, which makes 80% of its sales abroad, takes on Tesla in humanoids

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Freshwater species are at risk. A new global threat map could help save some from brink of extinction

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Countryside managers prepare for climate change

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Hundreds of seagrass shoots found in estuary

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Sony revives iconic 1979 Walkman design with MDR-3R USB-C headphones: Check price in India

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Dohop Introduces TravelSure, a Disruption-Recovery Service for OTAs, Travel Sellers and Airlines

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PayRewards Adds British Airways Avios as a Transfer Partner

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China boasts world's largest renewable energy system: report

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