James L
01-20-2007, 12:40 AM
is the title of an article on heart disease in the February 2007 issue of National Geographic magazine that you may find interesting. (Although the article is listed in the Table of Contents as "Healing the Heart," an intriguing discrepancy.)
The article includes a discussion of how cardiologists are moving from a "pump and pipes" model to more of a genetics-based model, trying to identify mutant genes that can trigger a heart attack.
When referring to one research physician, the author makes the startling (to me, at least) statement that Like almost every cardiologist I've talked to, he takes statins preventively, and his cholesterol count is a low 135.
The article also includes an interesting map of the US showing heart disease death rates by county for the period 1999-2003. As you may already know, rates are highest in some of the southeastern states, due to a variety of factors.
FWIW.
The article includes a discussion of how cardiologists are moving from a "pump and pipes" model to more of a genetics-based model, trying to identify mutant genes that can trigger a heart attack.
When referring to one research physician, the author makes the startling (to me, at least) statement that Like almost every cardiologist I've talked to, he takes statins preventively, and his cholesterol count is a low 135.
The article also includes an interesting map of the US showing heart disease death rates by county for the period 1999-2003. As you may already know, rates are highest in some of the southeastern states, due to a variety of factors.
FWIW.