Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca and others are testing drugs that would reduce inflammation indirectly by raising the "good" HDL cholesterol that helps the body pump fat out of the arteries.

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The challenge will be to push the body to pump out these antibodies rather than the more specific ones aimed at the ever-changing portions of HIV.

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The heart doesn't pump well, the body doesn't get enough oxygen, and it begins to retain fluid, which in turn makes pumping harder.

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There is no drug that is going to shed trustworthy light on Holmes' state of mind last year when, police say, he donned a gas mask as well as full body armor and grabbed a rifle, a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun and at least one .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol to launch a heinous attack.

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