Too Little is Being Done to Move the Needle on Cardiovascular Disease

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/05/too-little-is-being-done-to-move-the-needle-on-cardiovascular-disease/

Given that cardiovascular disease is the largest cause of human mortality, and the present dominant strategy of lowering LDL-cholesterol in the bloodstream has failed to change that fact, it is perhaps surprising to find that there exist only minor, exploratory attempts to break new ground and move beyond this approach. There is not great program of discovery, no sense of urgency, only small groups occasionally trying something new every few years or so. More generally, research into novel ways to address aging and age-related disease is far from adequately supported, given the great burden of suffering and mortality that accompanies old age.

It is widely accepted that atherosclerosis, a primary driver of cardiovascular disease (CVD), is primarily caused by i…

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