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Chocolate Cuts Risk of 2nd Heart Attack

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 13, 2009 12:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate after recovering are much less likely to suffer a recurrence than people who abstain, AFP reports. People who eat at least two servings a week are three times less likely to die from heart disease than those who don’... Read full story »

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