Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults
Coronary artery disease (CAD) has substantial heritability and a polygenic architecture....
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Daily Drinking Is Associated with Increased Mortality
There is evidence that low‐level alcohol use, drinking 1 to 2 drinks on occasion, is protective for cardiovascular disease, but increases the risk of cancer....
LDL-C Does Not Cause Cardiovascular Disease: a comprehensive review of current literature
Adverse effects from statin treatment...
3-D Construction Builds a Better Model of the Heart
With these new microtissue models, the researchers compared heart tissue grown from normal heart muscle cells to heart tissue in which all the cells had a mutation in the gene encoding myosin binding protein C...
Lifestyle changes reduce the need for blood pressure medications
The researchers studied 129 overweight or obese men and women between ages 40 and 80 years who had high blood pressure. ..
Dairy consumption linked to lower rates of cardiovascular disease and mortality
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Even the fittest middle-aged athletes can't outrun cardiovascular risk factors
Cardiovascular disease refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke...
Even the fittest middle-aged athletes can't outrun cardiovascular risk factors
This study's findings build on previous research that found masters athletes have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease than non-athletes of the same age with similar risk factors...
Yoga really can work as well as blood pressure medication
Next, the researchers hope to expand the study to a 500-person trial, to further validate the findings…
Aspirin disappoints for avoiding first heart attack, stroke
One percent of aspirin takers had stomach or intestinal bleeding, mostly mild— twice as many as those on dummy pills. Aspirin users also had more nosebleeds, indigestion, reflux or belly pain...
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