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Article: Heart disease deaths in American women decline.(Research Notebook)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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The number of heart disease deaths in American women is decreasing, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Newly analyzed data show that the number of women who die from heart disease has shifted from 1 in 3 women to 1 in 4--a decrease of nearly 17,000 deaths from 2003 to 2004.
"We have much to celebrate with the release of this data," said NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., in making the Feb. 1, 2007, announcement. "It is very good news indeed. To see such a significant reduction in deaths underscores that the efforts of many individuals and organizations to raise awareness, improve treatment and ...