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• 31/12/1969 : Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes (AP)  :
  AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected.
• 31/12/1969 : Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies (AP)  :
  AP - Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory. The promise of a virtually limitless supply is tantalizing because of blood donor shortages and disappointments in creating blood substitutes.
• 31/12/1969 : New study backs angioplasty through the wrist (AP)  :
  AP - The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the heart through an artery in the groin.
• 31/12/1969 : Many think God's intervention can revive the dying (AP)  :
  AP - When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans.
• 31/12/1969 : More women in U.S. having fewer children, if at all (AP)  :
  AP - More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau said Monday.