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That explains why the venture vultures are circling. According to Allan Will, chairman of Split Rock Partners, a VC group based in Menlo Park, Calif., the attraction is the speed to market, compared with, say, a surgical device. Clinical costs for a cardiovascular tool, for example, could reach $70 million, and it could take six years before it's marketable; for an aesthetics device, the costs and time frame are half that...
Other recent studies have found links between moderate alcohol consumption and lower rates of strokes and cardiovascular disease, but this study is the first to include only healthy men, proving that even those who eat well and exercise can benefit from alcohol intake. Previous studies made it difficult to tell if the reduced risk of heart attacks was related to alcohol consumption or lifestyle differences...
...performed worse on every examination than less hostile men. Even when confounding variables such as smoking habits and Body Mass Index were taken into account, hostility still emerged as an independent predictor of the rate of pulmonary deterioration. While many researchers have examined the link between stress and cardiovascular disease, this study is the first to investigate the long-term effect of negative emotions on the lungs. Lead researcher Laura D. Kubzansky, an assistant professor of society, human development, and health at HSPH, said in a phone interview, “while we suspected that the toxic effect of mental...
Recipients of a frequently prescribed hormone therapy for prostate cancer are at higher risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease, a Harvard Medical School study has found. The study, published last week in The Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that men receiving “GnRH agonist” hormone therapy faced a 44 percent greater risk of diabetes and a 16 percent greater risk of coronary disease when compared to those not receiving the hormones. “Patients and physicians need to be aware of the elevated risk as they make treatment decisions,” said study...
That's why I was so interested in a report last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A team of Japanese researchers was able to link green-tea consumption with decreased mortality from all causes--including cardiovascular disease. The researchers tracked 40,530 healthy adults ages 40 to 79 in a region of northeastern Japan where most people drink green tea, following them for up to 11 years. Those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day had significantly lower mortality rates than those who drank less than one cup a day. There were...