Thursday, September 17, 2009

Increase In CV Risk Factors Heralds Epidemic Of Cardiovascular Disease

Increase In CV Risk Factors Heralds Epidemic Of Cardiovascular Disease
Commenting on a study published today in Circulation (1), showing after two decades of improvement, the percentage of Americans without risk factors for heart disease was falling, Professor Guy De Backer, from the Division of Cardiology at the University of Gent, Belgium, said that with the rising levels of obesity in the US such findings could hardly be considered surprising.