A study of nearly half a million adults has revealed that chronic inflammation — shaped not merely by biology but by poverty, psychological distress, and the accumulated weight of difficult circumstances — quietly remodels the heart's architecture over years, long before any symptoms arise. Researchers at Imperial College London found that those carrying the highest inflammation levels face a 43 percent greater risk of heart attack and stroke, their hearts bearing the silent structural marks of lives lived under sustained pressure. The finding reframes cardiovascular disease not simply as a ma
Chronic Stress-Linked Inflammation Silently Damages Heart Structure, Study Finds
Millions of people may be living with undetected inflammation causing progressive heart damage that increases risk of life-threatening heart attacks and strokes.