China facing public health crisis with projected increase in cardiovascular disease by 2030

Annual heart disease and stroke rates in China will rise by up to 73 percent by 2030, given an ageing population and other increased risk factors, without policies and prevention efforts aimed at controlling blood pressure and smoking, according to research from Columbia University Medical Centre published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal...

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