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New heart disease risk score will help minimize health inequalities
07-05-2007 · EurekAlert!A new score for predicting the risk of heart disease gives a more accurate measure of how many UK adults are at risk of developing the disease and which adults are most likely to benefit from treatment.
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- New heart disease risk score will help minimize health inequalities
07-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new score for predicting the risk of heart disease gives a more accurate measure of how many UK adults are at risk of developing the disease -- and which adults are most likely to benefit from treatment.
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06-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
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05-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Contrary to popular belief and alerts by the World Health Organization, new research by the George Institute for International Health indicates that the importance of the reported relationship between birth weight and coronary heart disease has been overestimated. Although low birth weight is considered by the WHO to be a risk factor for heart disease, the findings published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, question the widely held belief that smaller babies are more susceptible to heart disease later in life.
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09-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine investigates strategies for controlling heart disease
03-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
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