January 13th, 2015
40-Year Effort in One Rural County to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease Found Successful
Larry Husten, PHD
A 40-year program in one poor rural county to combat cardiovascular disease appears to have been successful, resulting in reduced rates of hospitalization and death compared with other counties in the same state over the same period. The new findings are described in a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Beginning in 1970, Franklin County, […]
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