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Incarcerated people experimented on for heart disease treatment.

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Incarcerated people in Leavenworth, Kansas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Terre Haute, Indiana are included in a nationwide study of approximately 20,000 people to determine the "presence of chemical constituents of the blood" that cause the development of heart disease.