Canadian researchers have found a whole new use for Viagra. It's for affairs of the heart, but not the bedroom kind.

A study released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday by the University of Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute showed that sildenafil, also known as Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people )'s Viagra, protected against some of the cardiac complications in mice with muscular dystrophy.

Muscular dystrophy, which affects one in 6,000 people, is a disease that causes the progressive breakdown of muscle tissue, including the heart.

By Francisco Vara-Orta, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
9:33 AM PDT, May 13, 2008

Actress Drew Barrymore was the victim of a hit-and-run accident in West Hollywood on Monday but was not injured, authorities said today.

The collision occurred shortly before noon as Barrymore was driving near Gardner Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, said Sgt. Kristin Aloma of the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station.
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Britney Spears was involved in a minor car accident Tuesday afternoon, when she rear-ended a red Ford Explorer in Beverly Hills.

"I think she was just distracted," said a witness. "She just tapped the other car in front of her."

Spears, 26, was at the wheel of her white Mercedes-Benz SL65 when she left her Studio City home for an afternoon drive. Shortly thereafter, she rear-ended the SUV.
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Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 13, 2008; HE01

Emilia Uriarte and Mariluz Garcia are just the types of patients that Elmer Huerta loves to see. The first hasn't been to a doctor in 10 years; the second has been a faithful patient of the cancer prevention specialist for the past seven.

GO for regular checkups, do breast self-exams and get your mammograms on time, and chances are you’ll detect breast cancer early on, when it is most treatable. But what about prevention? Short of radical surgery, are there steps you can take to reduce the risk?

Turns out there are.

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CHICAGO - Each year, half of American women who would rather not get pregnant will have an unplanned pregnancy, often because they failed to use their contraceptive properly or forgot to use it at all, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

As a result, 28 million women in the United States are at risk for an unintended pregnancy, according to the study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute in New York.

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Epigenetics is among the hottest topics in medical science today. It is the subject of papers in many of the leading journals and it is a top priority for funding at the National Institutes of Health. And it could turn out to be a big part of the story in depression and bipolar disorder.

So what is epigenetics?

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After delivering her first child, son Grant, Olympic speed skater Bonnie Blair couldn't wait to get back to exercise.

The first time that she pulled on her running clothes and took off, she felt exhilarated. But no more than half a block from her house outside Milwaukee, she realized her shorts were soaked with urine. She wondered: "Did I drink too much this morning?" "Did I forget to empty my bladder?"

A 13-year-old boy from Appleton who was pulled over near Neenah about 10:30 Sunday night for driving 79 mph
on U.S. Highway 41 near Highway G has been referred to juvenile court, according to a
news release issued by the State Patrol.
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Sheyla Hershey has set a new record for something she can't and doesn't want to hide -- the largest breasts in Brazil, and perhaps the world. But is she in for more pain than she bargained for.

Many women seek surgery to relieve them of the pain of overly large breasts. After eight surgeries and a gallon of silicone, Hershey's breasts round out to an astonishing 34 FFF -- and she claims she's not done.

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