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Heart Disease & Genes

Family Heart Disease Risk Linked to Genes Not Lifestyle

Biotechnology News

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Genes affect hereditary
Coronary heart disease risk but family lifestyle does not, according to a
New study.
Source: Yahoo! News: Biotechnology News

Genes and Disease Heart

Hopes gene therapy will treat heart failure


Trial set to begin of technique that uses a harmless virus to carry genes to improve the heartbeat of people weakened by heart attack or disease
Source: Pharmaceuticals news and pharmaceutical industry analysis - FT.com

Heart Disease & Genes Health & Special Psychology

Researchers: Patients have only themselves to blame for heart attacks

Utah researchers find that heart attacks don't have a strong genetic link in families, but are result of lifestyle. Ref. Source 1

Genes and Disease Heart

I can see that being true although I still believe some people are predisposed to get a heart attack faster than others.

Genes and Disease Heart

If you are more susceptible to a heart attack then you need to be more vigilant than the next guy. That's how genetics work, you have to work within the parameter of what you were given.

Heart Disease & Genes

Risk of a fatty heart linked to race, type of weight gain in middle-aged women. A woman's race and where on her body she packs on pounds at midlife could give her doctor valuable clues to her likelihood of having greater volumes of heart fat, a potential risk factor for heart disease, according to new research. Source 7u.

Heart Disease & Genes

If your family has a issue with heart disease then you would want to do what you can to stay fit and healthy to lessen your risk of developing this disease. With women being more at risk if they gain a lot of wieght in their middle years it makes sense to try and stay healthier for your families sake too.