{"id":3357,"date":"2025-09-12T14:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/heart-attacks-might-be-infectious\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:04:26","slug":"heart-attacks-might-be-infectious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/heart-attacks-might-be-infectious\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart attacks might be infectious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-09-12 14:04:23<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Heart attacks could be infectious.<BR><br \/>\nScientists in Finland and the UK have discovered remarkable evidence that indicates that heart attacks are caused by an infectious process rather than high cholesterol or lifestyle choices.<BR><br \/>\nThe expert discovered that bacteria can remain hidden inside arterial plaques and remain dormant for decades until they are triggered by a viral infection or another outside source.<BR><br \/>\nOnce awakened, the harmful bacteria spark inflammation, rupture arterial plaques and cause blockages that lead to heart attacks.<BR><br \/>\nThe findings challenge the conventional school of thought about heart attack causes and open the prospect of treatment and vaccine development for cardiac problems.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Pekka Karhunen, lead author of the study at Tampere University in Finland, said: &#8220;Bacterial involvement in coronary artery disease has long been suspected, but direct and convincing evidence has been lacking.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Our study demonstrated the presence of genetic material &#8211; DNA &#8211; from several oral bacteria inside atherosclerotic plaques.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-09-12 14:04:23 Heart attacks could be infectious. Scientists in Finland and the UK have discovered remarkable evidence that indicates that heart attacks are caused by an infectious process rather than&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3358,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions\/3358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}