Death rates for heart disease and stroke drop significantly
Monday, December 15, 2008 - 19:35
in Health & Medicine
The rates fell about 30% between 1999 and 2006. A UCLA cardiologist calls it 'one of the most remarkable achievements of modern medicine.' The death rates for heart disease and stroke each dropped by about 30% between 1999 and 2006, allowing the American Heart Assn. to reach its 2010 goal of a 25% reduction in deaths four years early, researchers said today.
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