Inflammation redefining heart disease risk among doctors
Boston experts urge shifting focus from cholesterol to chronic low grade inflammation as a major trigger of heart attacks. Dr Paul Ridker and colleagues say testing middle aged Americans for inflammation could guide new prevention and treatment strategies, with formal guidelines expected later this year.
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Inflammation Testing Aids Heart Disease Risk
Experts push broad testing for C reactive protein to gauge inflammation as a predictor of heart disease. A cheap 10 test could become routine in exams, guiding statin use even for previously low risk individuals, since many heart attack victims show normal or low cholesterol, highlighting inflammation as a missing factor.
Baton Rouge Faces Serial Killer Case Ties
Police link three female murder cases in Baton Rouge over a year by DNA evidence while keeping details tight. Victims Pam Kinlamore Gina Wilson Green and Charlotte Murray Pace were attacked in different neighborhoods. Pace was 22 and Kinlamore 44. Green was 41 and a nurse. Kinlamore was abducted July 12 and found killed near Interstate 10 forty miles from the city.
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Farmers grow pharmaceutical corn to aid digestion for cystic fibrosis
Brothers Bill and Joe Horan plant corn altered to contain an enzyme aiding CF patients. Meristem Therapeutics supplies the seeds and purifies the enzyme for pills, promising cheaper production. Other biotech crops aim at weight loss and nicotine-free tobacco.
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