How are your genes looking? No it is not a typo and I do not mean the ones on your backside, I mean the ones your Mama and Papa gave you!
Cholesterol be warned… they are on a rampage and their coming for you. An international study of over 20,000, yes 20,000, people allowed researchers to identify 7 new genes that influence blood cholesterol levels and confirmed 11 other genes that were previously thought to influence high lipids.
Of the seven new variants, two influenced HDL, one influenced LDL, and three influenced triglycerides, which are found in fat and in the bloodstream …read more

Scientists have long reported that deaths from lung diseases, heart attacks and strokes are significantly higher on days with high pollution levels, the newspaper said.
This was reported out of Los Angeles, imagine that. A US study has shown the exposure to diesel exhaust can cause heart disease in people with high cholesterol. Hmm… Can’t anything trigger a heart attack in people with extremely high cholesterol?
This is why you always have to take research with a grain of salt. True diesel exhaust has been linked to lung cancer and asthma attacks, as well as DNA damage, but this …read more

Obesity is undoubtedly one of the major risk factors for heart disease. Scientists recently identified a DNA variation near the INSIG2 (insulin-induced-gene 2) gene that is more common in obese people. Learn more at Genetics and Health.

Stroke caused by disease of the small blood vessels are more difficult to treat and diagnose than those caused by problems in the large arteries that supply the brain with blood. Visit my other blog, Genetics and Health, to learn more about how the collagen IV α1 gene may be involved.