Ancient Egyptians Suffered From Hardened Arteries

By Scott Hensley In the good old days, millennia ago, people living along the Nile ate right, didn't get fat sitting in freeway traffic and had nothing to fear from the modern health scourge heart disease. Right? Big arrow points to calcification Read More...

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Posted Nov 17 2009, 01:01 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
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