Researchers discover heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 15:49 in Health & Medicine

Hardening of the arteries has been detected in 3,500-year-old mummies, so we may have to look beyond modern risk factors to fully understand heart disease, according to research presented American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.

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