http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/hit-and-miss-on-heart-disease/ Insights on Health Care Reform | NCPA Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:19:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/hit-and-miss-on-heart-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-48501 Bruce Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:46:43 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=6915#comment-48501 As the poem says, we are the masters of our fate: we are the captains of our soul. As the poem says, we are the masters of our fate: we are the captains of our soul.

]]> http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/hit-and-miss-on-heart-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-48498 Vicki Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:12:48 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=6915#comment-48498 What this means is that the patients bear a lot of responsibility for what happens to them. What this means is that the patients bear a lot of responsibility for what happens to them.

]]> http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/hit-and-miss-on-heart-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-48473 Devon Herrick Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=6915#comment-48473 Public health experts used to believe heart disease was phenomenon of modern life. However, there is an article on page A5 of the Nov. 18 Wall Street Journal, about 3,500 year-old Egyptian mummies that were found with calcified arteries. A review of 22 mummies found evidence of atherosclerosis in 88% of the ones aged 45 years and above; and 25% of the ones under 45. They posit that the mummies were upper-class Egyptians who ate diets rich in meats preserved with salt. Public health experts used to believe heart disease was phenomenon of modern life. However, there is an article on page A5 of the Nov. 18 Wall Street Journal, about 3,500 year-old Egyptian mummies that were found with calcified arteries. A review of 22 mummies found evidence of atherosclerosis in 88% of the ones aged 45 years and above; and 25% of the ones under 45. They posit that the mummies were upper-class Egyptians who ate diets rich in meats preserved with salt.

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