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...proven successful in reducing the risk of heart disease. "We have always looked at certain behaviors like physical activity and smoking in isolation with respect to their effect on heart disease," says Dr. Clyde Yancy, president-elect of the American Heart Association and medical director of the heart and vascular institute at Baylor College of Medicine. "But one or both could be manifestations of depression, which in turn leads to heart disease...
...study found that a hormone called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) activates the cells’ replication. Receptors on the outskirts of the endothelial cells normally bind with VEGF and restrict its activation. The team found that two gene mutations are likely responsible for missing receptors...
...post-doctoral fellows, Miikka Vikkula from Finland and Laurence Boon from Belgium, began research for Olsen on the abnormal formations of veins. By 2000, Vikkula and Boon had married and were running a vascular center in Brussels, but they stayed in contact with Olsen...
There are other [ways possibly to mitigate risk] if we think about dementia generally - of which Alzheimer's is a part - that are a little controversial. A lot of the time there are vascular and metabolic diseases or processes that could somehow modify Alzheimer's pathology. The evidence that these things contribute to dementia is pretty solid, but how it works exactly with Alzheimer's disease still needs a little bit of research. [There is an association between hypertension and Alzheimer's, for example.] So if you have hypertension, treat that. Exercise is still good for a lot of different...
...admits to taking Lipitor himself, and appears to give medical advice as a practicing physician. "We chose ["Dr. Jarvik"] because he is a well respected heart expert, inventor of the Jarvik heart, and we thought it was appropriate because he is well respected in the area of cardiology and vascular research," Vanessa Aristede, director of corporate communications at Pfizer, told TIME. In defending his decision to become a spokesperson for Lipitor, Jarvik last month said in a statement on his company's website, "I do not practice clinical medicine and hence do not treat individual patients. My career...