Birth During A Recession Raises Risk Of Fatal Cardiovascular Disease At Advanced Age
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 01:28
in Health & Medicine
People who suffer from cardiovascular diseases at advanced ages may have reason to suspect that the cause of their illness lies far away ... around the date of their birth. A team of European researchers reports that if economic conditions at the time of birth were bad, then this leads to a higher risk of cardiovascular mortality much later in life.