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Article: Heart Attacks Becoming Less Severe
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- March 25, 1999
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DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor
AP Online
03-25-1999
Heart Attacks Becoming Less Severe
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Heart attacks have become less severe in the United States over the past decade, improving victims' chances of escaping death or a life of chronic chest pain.
New research being presented today shows that while the number of heart attacks has remained relatively stable, they are less likely to do serious damage. Experts credit a combination of healthier living habits, better heart medicines and more intense treatment immediately after heart attacks.
Researchers said that while they documented the change during the last 1980s and early '90s, the same trend probably helps explain ...