Heart, liver disease linked to shutdown of body's antioxidant

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States while one in 10 Americans has some form of liver disease. A new study indicates how critical it is to carefully control oxidative stress -- which can also lead to neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue syndrome, cancers and gene mutations as well as liver and heart disease -- so that cell or tissue damage doesn't occur.
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