Instead, cat owners as a group may share specific personality traits that reduce their chances of suffering from heart disease at an early age. A new study involving laboratory mice suggests curcumin can dramatically reduce the chances of developing heart failure, a chronic illness that claims 40,000 Canadian lives a year. Heart failure usually results from some underlying circulatory problem such as clogged arteries, diabetes or a previous heart attack. Curcumin seems to offer "a potentially safe and easy way to address this health problem," said Peter Liu, a cardiologist at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at the Toronto General Hospital, and lead author of the new study. Read More

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