Now that you have learned the route blood takes to move throughout the body to deliver oxygen and other materials, we will explore a bit about cardiovascular disease. For your first discussion post for this module watch this video here and discuss the following:

• 1) what is the role of inflammation in cardiovascular disease? Is inflammation good or bad?
• 2) Is there a way to measure inflammation in a person?
• 3) What are Statin drugs, and how do they work?