Heart attacks may be triggered by bacteria

Re:Heart attacks may be triggered by bacteria by imperfect_light on Sunday September 14, 2025 @12:15AM (#45237396)

Have always been fascinated with Paul Ewald's arguments (as laid out in his books The New Germ Theory of Disease and Evolution of Infectious Disease) that most chronic illnesses are due to pathogens.

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Re:Heart attacks may be triggered by bacteria by prmph on Sunday September 14, 2025 @08:09AM (#45239226)

Interesting, I'm noticing this pattern too more and more. The classic case was of course stomach ulcers. Now cardiovascular. Wouldn't be surprised if at least some neuro-degnerative diseases are also possibly caused by infections

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Re:Heart attacks may be triggered by bacteria by imperfect_light on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @04:27PM (#45267519)

Now we're seeing more colon cancer in young people. All of the discussion is around factors that change slowly (diet, alcohol, exercise), no one I've heard has pointed out that a pathogen would explain a quick change.

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