For their research, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, researchers led by Alexis Edwards of Virginia Commonwealth University studied more than 7, 000 fraternal and identical twins.

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The animal research was reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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The research was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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So far, safety studies have suggested it is not toxic, but the latest research, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, studied the effect on the lungs and breathing.

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The research, published in 2012 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, used TV viewing and overall sitting time as a proxy for sedentary behavior.

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The research appears in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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Publishing their results in The Lancet medical journal, the scientific team led by Dr Kristin Newby at the Duke Clinical Research Institute of North Carolina, said sibrafiban "showed no additional benefit over aspirin" in preventing cardiac arrest.

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