Friday, February 10, 2012

Heart Disease Will Cause 400,000 U.S. Deaths in 2010: Experts

(Reuters Health) UPDATED 2010-02-01
According to a study by British scientists, heart disease will be responsible for 400,000 deaths in the United States in 2010. The researchers say though Americans have made progress over the past several decades in lowering cholesterol, blood pressure, and smoking rates, rising obesity rates are counteracting this progress. Statistics suggest that 1.5 billion adults worldwide will be overweight by the year 2015.  Read full story >
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