January 20, 2009

The heart disease mutation carried by 60 million

Heart disease is the number one killer in the world and India carries more than its share of this burden. Moreover, the problem is set to rise: it is predicted that by 2010 India’s population will suffer approximately 60% of the world’s heart disease. Today, an international team of 25 scientists from four countries provides a clue to why this is so: 1% of the world’s population carries a mutation almost guaranteed to lead to heart problems and most of these come from the Indian subcontinent, where the mutation reaches a frequency of 4%.

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  1. That is why it is always important to have that nutritional supplement since our vital organs, like the heart, need more nutrition than before as we grow older.

    Comment by Nutritional supplement — February 2, 2009 @ 3:12 pm

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