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	<title>Never Stop Your Heart Medicines: Antiplatelets, Anticoagulants and What You Must Know</title>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Normal Reports, Yet a Heart Attack</title>
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	<title>Heart Failure Medicines: Side Effects, Myths, and Why You Should Never Stop Without Your Doctor</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Which diabetes medicines also protect the heart and kidneys, which are neutral, and what patients should ask at the next review.]]></description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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