Cardiovascular Disease
Scientists at University of California publish new data on cardiovascular disease
Published in Nursing Home and Elder Business Week, January 6th, 2008
In this recent report published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To determine if caregivers of spouses with Alzheimer's disease demonstrate greater increase in tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) antigen relative to noncaregiving controls. Caring for a spouse with Alzheimer's disease has been associated with increased mortality and reduced time to developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), possibly due to impaired fibrinolysis resulting from chronic stress."
"Annual in-home assessments of plasma t-PA antigen were collected from 165 participants (112 caregivers and 53 noncaregivers) enrolled in the University...
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