Morris, a British epidemiologist whose comparison of heart-attack rates among double-decker bus drivers and conductors in London in the late 1940s and early ’50s laid the scientific groundwork for the modern aerobics movement, died Oct. 28 in Hampstead, London.
A drug has been found to cut the risk of heart attacks by almost
half in 'healthy' people, researchers say today. Treatment with
Crestor, a cholesterol-busting statin, cut the rate of heart problems
and deaths from strokes by 46 per cent when compared with a dummy pill.
Crestor is already available on the NHS but is not licensed for
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History of Chocolate Timeline
The beginning of chocolate is the cacao tree, known by ethnobotanists as "theobroma cacao." According to the article, "Introduction: Chocolate’s History at a Glance," chocolate in its raw state grows in a
WASHINGTON - A new study has found that charcoal can prove useful in
dealing with the high rate of heart disease in patients with advanced
kidney disease.
It has been observed in the past that patients with advanced kidney
disease have high rates of atherosclerosis or “hardening of the
arteries” and death from heart disease.
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Jeremy Morris pioneered the scientific study of how exercise helps to prevent heart disease...He initiated a study on the prevalence of heart attacks in people of different occupations. Poring over data on London bus crews, he noticed a striking...
Morris, a British epidemiologist whose comparison of heart-attack rates among double-decker bus drivers and conductors in London in the late 1940s and early ’50s laid the scientific groundwork for the modern aerobics movement, died Oct. 28 in...
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