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Smoking may increase risk of heart attack via enhanced platelet activity
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Smoking may increase risk of heart attack via enhanced platelet activity

by University of Bristol Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Smoking cigarettes may increase the risk of a heart attack by activating a gene that affects blood clotting, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Bristol. The study, published in Circulation Research, used a multidisciplinary approach involving four different study designs, including data from...