Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies

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Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies

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Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that the factors causing heart attack and stroke are not only modern ones; they afflicted ancient people, too.

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