A leading medical school seriously damaged: Vienna 1938
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The medical faculty at the Viennese School of Medicine embraced Nazism, participated actively in the persecution of Jewish faculty members and other doctors, and played active roles in carrying out medical experiments on concentration camp inmates and in killing or sterilizing the unfit. This was largely unaddressed after the war. Before 1938, Jews dominated the medical profession in Vienna, and the medical school was highly respected. Within weeks after the German invasion, 153 of the faculty members were fired, almost all for having Jewish ancestry or spouses. Subsequently, psychiatric patients and children were killed as unfit and human experiments were conducted at Dachau under the direction of Viennese professors. After the war, Austrian Nazi doctors retained their positions and the return of former Jewish faculty members, many of whom had fled, was discouraged. Even professors who participated in atrocities retained their positions or obtained reinstatement.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1995
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Fibrinogen as a cardiovascular risk factor: a meta-analysis and review of the literature
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A strong link between high fibrinogen levels and cardiovascular disease is evident in a review of scientific literature, though the mechanisms underlying the link are unclear. Fibrinogen is a protein found in blood that is necessary for blood clotting to occur. Meta-analysis was used to compare six epidemiologic studies of the relationship between fibrinogen and cardiovascular disease published from 1980 to 1992. There was a strong association between fibrinogen levels and cardiovascular disease across the studies regardless of methodology. Fibrinogen levels are higher in people who have had a stroke, myocardial infarction, or other cardiovascular diseases, than in those who have never had heart disease. There is also a well-documented association between fibrinogen and variables such as smoking, age, diabetes and race.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1993
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Potential New Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Homocysteine, Lipoprotein(a), Triglycerides, Oxidative Stress, and Fibrinogen
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There are several physiological conditions which may or may not be risk factors for cardiovascular disease. These are newly examined, being in addition to those already well-known, such as smoking, hypertension, and the like. The newly-considered factors include left ventricular hypertrophy (thickening of the muscle of the heart), and an excess of homocysteine in the blood. Hypertriglyceridemia, an excess of of lipids, is being debated as to whether or not it is a true risk factor. Oxidative stress is considered a factor, and vitamin E supplements have been beneficial. High fibrinogen levels may also be a risk factor.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1999
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