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(MedPage Today) -- A practice network focused on improving cardiovascular disease in South Carolina may have contributed to lower rates of death from heart disease and stroke in that state, researchers said.

CHICAGO (AP) -- The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer.

The federal study of more than half a million men and women bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets laden with red meat like hamburger and processed meats like hot dogs, bacon and cold cuts....