Atherosclerosis

...full-body computed tomography scans, 16 had hearts or arteries preserved enough to study. Of those, nine had evidence of blockage from atherosclerosis. "This disease has been around since before the time of Moses," said Randall Thompson of...

In this article: Cairo, Culprit, Journal of the American Medical Association, Calcium, and Cholesterol

...researchers found evidence of blood vessels or heart tissue in 13 of the mummies, and in four they could see an intact heart. Definite atherosclerosis, in other words a build-up of fat, cholesterol, calcium and other substances in the inner...

In this article: Calcification, Direct evidence, Calcium, Cholesterol, Cardiovascular disease, Stroke, and Siemens

Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST A new study finds that atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, was common in ancient Egyptians, challenging a belief that vascular disease is a modern affliction caused by current-day risk factors...

In this article: Egypt, Medical advice, Journal of the American Medical Association, UC San Diego School Of Medicine, Moses, Cardiovascular disease, and Calcification

...author Dr Gregory Thomas, associate clinical professor of cardiology at the University of California (UC) Irvine, told the media that: "Atherosclerosis is widespread among modern-day humans and -- despite differences in ancient and...

In this article: Cairo, Irvine, Medical advice, Heart transplant, Journal of the American Medical Association, Cattle, Calcium, and Moses

...taking hospital X-ray scans of 22 mummies dating back to more than 3,500 years. They identified hardening of the arteries, called atherosclerosis, which means a build-up of fatty materials such as cholesterol, in blood vessels.

In this article: Cairo, Cholesterol, Calcification, Randall Thompson, and Britain

...and other detrimental lifestyle factors of modern life for our predisposition to heart disease. But now, hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, has been detected in 3,500-year-old mummies, challenging that view. "What our new...

In this article: Heart disease, Calcification, Orlando, Fla, Calcium, Helicobacter pylori, and American Medical Association

...and arteries in the legs. </p><p>CT scans can reveal calcium deposits in artery walls, a sure sign of atherosclerosis. </p><p>Five mummies definitely had atherosclerosis. Four more probably had it. </p><p>One “definite” case was...

In this article: Randall Thompson, Bread, Fruit, Journal of the American Medical Association, and University of Charleston

...mummy of Djeher (304-330 BCE) entering CT scanner tube. UCSD and Egyptian cardiologists scanned 20 mummies, discovering evidence of atherosclerosis in half of them. Whatever the life of a pharoah, death was pretty ordinary by modern...

In this article: Merenptah, Heart disease, UCSD, Egyptian Museum, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Calcium

Heart disease was rife among affluent ancient Egyptians X-rays of mummies reveal atherosclerosis, suggesting there may be more to heart disease than bad diet and smoking X-rays of ancient Egyptian mummies hint that modern lifestyles may...

In this article: Heart disease, Egypt, Journal of the American Medical Association, Calcium, Cardiovascular disease, Arthritis, and Tutenkhamun

...patients and was criticized in a major medical journal. "Niacin is the clear winner and led to very clear reductions in the amount of atherosclerosis that patients had," Alan Taylor, the study's lead investigator who will present the data...

In this article: Niacin, Zetia, Merck, Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, and Abbott Laboratories