Monday, March 16, 2009

Doctors Prescribing More Drugs And Ignoring Guidelines To Help Heart Disease Patients Lead Healthier Lifestyles

Doctors Prescribing More Drugs And Ignoring Guidelines To Help Heart Disease Patients Lead Healthier Lifestyles
Young patients with heart disease are smoking more and twice as many suffer from diabetes compared to 12 years ago. Heart disease prevention in routine clinical practice is inadequate, with only a third of patients being referred to and joining prevention and rehabilitation programmes, whilst doctors are prescribing more and more drugs. Yet lifestyle programmes should be the backbone of preventive care.

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