Friday, October, 30, 2009
What Causes Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease
October 03, 2008
A gene that boosts people's risk of developing inflammatory forms
of arthritis may also increase their risk of dying prematurely from
cardiovascular disease, researchers say. Scientists have long known
that people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have shorter life spans,
often due to cardiovascular disease. Now researchers have isolated
a gene--HRA-DRB1--that may be behind both the increased RA and
cardiovascular disease risks, a discovery that could lead to new,
more targeted treatments.
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Expert & Community Posts
By Lila de Tantillo
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Health Expert
A fascinating study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism has found a...
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By Teri Robert
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In the last few years, studies have been released about Migraine and stroke risk, and Migraine and...
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By Dr. Bill Quick
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Health Expert
Several months ago, I wrote about two diabetes trials: ACCORD and ADVANCE. Both studies involved...
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By Dr. Bill Quick
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Health Expert
The NIH recently announced that it has been decided to stop one part of a major North...
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By Eileen Bailey
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Health Expert
It has been shown in the past there is a distinct connection between anxiety and increased risk of...
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Health Guide
In the last few years, studies have been released about Migraine and stroke risk, and Migraine and cardiovascular disease in both women and men. To all of this information, we can now add information...
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Dr. Larry Weinrauch is a board-certified Internist specializing in cardiovascular disease. He has been practicing medicine for 30 years, yet knows how to enjoy the levity of his profession. For...
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Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH, completed medical school in New York in 1999. He then finished an internship and residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Cardiology. Dr. Gandelman has focused his...
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It's a double-edged Migraine sword. Researchers have identified a gene that may lessen the risk of Migraine with aura (MWA), but for women who have MWA and carry the MTHFR 677TT genotype, the risk...
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Over the last few years, there has been a great deal of discussion regarding Migraine disease and increased risk of stroke. There had not been, however, sufficient study of Migraine and...
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