August 26, 2015

Heart disease in Britain drops by 45% in decade

Daily Mail, UK - Death rates for heart disease in Britain have dropped by more than 40 per cent in a decade... Wide uptake of cholesterol-busting statin drugs, healthier lifestyles and better medical practices have seen a huge reduction in deaths caused by heart attacks, stroke and other cardiovascular problems.

However, heart disease remains Britain’s biggest killer.

The new study, by experts at Oxford University, shows there has been a 44.4 per cent drop in death rates among men in the UK and a 43.6 per cent drop among women linked to heart problems in the ten years to 2011.

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