Risk Factor Modification News Today

What do you think about that? >> that with us a very interesting study th-pb and i think it changes the way we think about cardiac disease in a way. they took ancient civilizations all over the world, four different civilizations, 4,000 years ago, from pa raourbgs the americas, as well as egypt and they found that 35% of these people had blockages in the heart. that tells me that we have genetic predisposition for heart disease, but we can modify that with risk factor modification. jenna: i ask ...

Good morning patti ann. not such a great morning after we read this. the large scale study says odd work hours may raise your risk of heart attack and stroke. its not just the late shift. previous research has already linked all irregular work shifts to high blood pressure diabetes and obesity. canadian researchers say working anything other than regular daytime hours can increase your risk of having a heart attack by 23 percent and increase your risk of having a stroke by 5 percent. still for m...