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In the last decade, studies in men and women have shown that inflammation is an important risk factor for heart disease, perhaps equal in importance to unhealthy cholesterol levels . Recent scientific discoveries indicate that some of the risk for cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks, is due to variations in the genes that we inherit.

Good news came on January 15, 2008 from HairDX, LLC. According to Business Wire, HairDX, which combines top researchers in genetic tests and high-tech hair therapies, is launching the first commercially-available test that will give male consumers a precise genetic analysis of their chances to develop androgenic alopecia - a widely spread condition of male-pattern baldness.