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In the medical world, the focus of preventing death and disability is on the doctor and the patient. In the case of cardiovascular disease, which is the most common cause of death worldwide [1], this involves identifying, labelling and treating patients …

The condition male pattern baldness is common, estimated to be present in 50% of white males by 50 years of age. It is characterized by the loss of hair from the scalp in a defined pattern and, although there are no serious direct health consequences, the …

Conditions such as high blood pressure generally become obvious in middle age. But what explains the transition from normal blood pressures to high blood pressure? One might expect to find clues to the processes around early adulthood, when genes that …

Cardiovascular disease is now endemic worldwide and no longer limited to economically developed countries [1]. In developed countries, cardiovascular disease accounts for about 35% of all deaths. Similar rates, but among younger age groups, are now being …