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Calculations of heart attack risks should look at lifestyle, over genetic history, researchers say.
Doctors and health insurers should take less account of family histories and pay more attention to lifestyle habits, when estimating the risk of a future heart attack, new research suggests.
The US study found heart attacks are not as connected to family history and genetics as may have been previously believed.
The mass research examined patients with different severities of coronary disease, some of whom who had suffered a heart attack, and looked at their family history and genetics.
It found that the links between a family history of heart disease and the likelihood of a heart attack were far lower than they expected.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journali...-risks-rest-on-lifestyle-researchers-say.html
Doctors and health insurers should take less account of family histories and pay more attention to lifestyle habits, when estimating the risk of a future heart attack, new research suggests.
The US study found heart attacks are not as connected to family history and genetics as may have been previously believed.
The mass research examined patients with different severities of coronary disease, some of whom who had suffered a heart attack, and looked at their family history and genetics.
It found that the links between a family history of heart disease and the likelihood of a heart attack were far lower than they expected.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journali...-risks-rest-on-lifestyle-researchers-say.html