More than 40 million Americans are afflicted by cardiovascular disease. NOVA examines the new information on risk factors and possible prevention of heart attacks and strokes - often fatal diseases.

NOVA Season 7 Episodes...

• s07e01 - A Plague on our Children
• s07e02 - Life On A Silken Thread
• s07e03 - Sweet Solutions
• s07e04 - Race For The Gold
• s07e05 - All Part of The Game
• s07e06 - India: Machinery of Hope
• s07e07 - The Bridge that Spanned the World
• s07e08 - Termites to Telescopes
• s07e09 - Blindness: Five Points of Views
• s07e10 - Elusive Illness (The)
• s07e11 - A is for Atom, B is for Bomb
• s07e12 - Living Machines
• s07e13 - Portrait of a Killer
• s07e14 - Umealit: The Whale Hunters
• s07e15 - The Safety Factor
• s07e16 - A Mediterranean Prospect
• s07e17 - Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.