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Mummies had heart trouble

You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.

"We think of it as being caused by modern risk factors," such as fast food, smoking and a lack of exercise, but the findings show that these aren't the only reasons arteries clog, said Dr Randall Thompson, a cardiologist at the Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.