Life kills. (changes in force of the flow of blood through arteries linked to development of arteriosclerosis)(Break Throughs)(Brief Article)

From: Discover | Date: November 1, 1996 | Copyright information

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, OR HARDENING of the arteries, is behind roughly half of all deaths in developed countries. And not all of them can be blamed on a cholesterol-laden diet or the life of a couch potato. The results of a new study by Natacha DePaola, a bioengineer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, suggest that no matter how assiduously you avoid fatty foods, or how vigorously you exercise, there is one risk factor for circulatory disease you can't escape: cumulat...

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