Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. (CXM) Tackles Three Major Markets at Once
Ask any physician or health care professional what America’s biggest single health problem is and you will likely get an answer that points to cardiovascular disease and the lifestyle issues that promote it, such as obesity. Heart disease has long been the number one killer in the U.S., and various lifestyle factors have increasingly been implicated as a principal cause. Specifically, poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle have been shown to encourage obesity and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, in turn, can lead to a number of serious problems, one of which is cardiovascular disease. The link between…