July 14th, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: July 14th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics are leucocyte telomere length and the risk for CVD, and the association between alcohol and CVD.
April 3rd, 2014
Cardiovascular Disease Declines in Rich Countries but Grows Elsewhere
Larry Husten, PHD
A new Global Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Atlas portrays a divided world where rich countries are gradually freeing themselves from the yoke of CVD but where many poor and middle-income countries are still struggling. Ischemic heart disease and stroke were the two biggest contributors to the global burden of disease in 2010, accounting for 5.2% and 4.1%, […]
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