Does chylomicronemia cause atherosclerosis?

Does Oxidative DNA Damage Cause Atherosclerosis and Metabolic Syndrome?

The study of Mercer et al,1 published in this issue of Circulation Research, reports new evidence linking oxidative DNA damage, atherosclerosis, and the metabolic syndrome. Although these relationships have been long proposed,2–4 many have criticized previous reports asking the rhetorical question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Another question, more specific to the topic of the stu...

The cause of atherosclerosis.

does minimum wage cause inflation?

this paper reviews the relationship between inflation rate and minimum wage in iran’s economy over the 1969-2005. according to the economic literature, there is a narrow relationship between inflation rate and minimum wage. some economists believe in increased inflation due to minimum wage. the other group of economists considers the increased inflation as a cause for increasing minimum wage. t...

Does Growth Cause Happiness, or Does Happiness Cause Growth?

The two quotes above suggest alternate ideas about the sources of happiness. The first (written around AD 180) is nn Aristotelian notion. Happiness is a way of living, not a state. The second quote (written some 1500 years later) suggests ideas about the sources of happiness perhaps more akin to the way that we tend to view [hem today. Happiness is about conviviality, warmth. food (and perhaps ...

Does homocysteine promote atherosclerosis?

The hypothesis that homocysteine is atherogenic was proposed more than 30 years ago by Kilmer McCully,1 who observed vascular lesions in children with inherited disorders of methionine metabolism. Since McCully’s pioneering observations in 1969, a large number of epidemiological studies have confirmed that an elevation of total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) is prevalent in patients with stroke, my...