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CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES MAY BE PREVENTABLE: INSIGHTS FROM A CLASSICAL TWIN STUDY

Healthy lifestyle from childhood onwards may be an important factor to prevent coronary heart disease. CAD is a multifactorial disease linked to both environmental and genetic factors. A classical twin study conducted by researchers from the Semmelweis University, Budapest showed that environmental factors outweigh genetic influences in the development of noncalcified coronary plaques, which are associated with an increased risk of heart attacks.

19th International Congress on Twin Studies

19th International Congress on Twin Studies
11–14 November, 2021, Budapest, Hungary
Hybrid Conference
The International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS) and International Council of Multiple Birth Organisations (ICOMBO) welcome you to join us in Budapest 11-14 Nov 2021, either in person or virtually, for the 19th International Congress on Twin Studies
Web: twins2021.org

National twin gathering, Ercsi, 21 August 2015

Twin gathering, Ercsi 2015

National twin gathering in Ercsi, Hungary /HTR News

It's a twin thing: the identical brother farmers from Hungary – in pictures

Miles from the nearest road on the great plains of Hungary, the Papp Lukács brothers lived off the vegetables they grew and the animals they reared. Their way of life was hardly touched by modernity – though they did own a radio, and rode mopeds to market. Over several seasons in the 1980s, photographer János Stekovics made a fascinating record of their rural lives, which is now a book.

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