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Researchers Studying A 'Chocolate Pill' To Help Prevent Heart Disease

caption: A new study is researching the health benefits in a cocoa flavanol pill - but will that take the fun out of eating chocolate?
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A new study is researching the health benefits in a cocoa flavanol pill - but will that take the fun out of eating chocolate?
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Marcie Sillman checks in with Garnet Andersen, director of Public Health Services at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, about a new project to encapsulate the cocoa flavanol from chocolate and study its benefits on post-menopausal women.

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