US Death Rates From CVD No Longer In Decline

Progress in reducing the number of deaths related to cardiovascular disease [CVD] has been waning in recent years, heightening concerns that the obesity epidemic in the United States is undoing improvements in heart health,” research indicated. Now, findings from “a research letter published” in JAMA confirm that “although the death rates from heart disease, diabetes, stroke and related disorders have been decreasing for decades, the rates have recently slowed or stalled.” Commenting on the study, “cardiologist Salim Virani, chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Council for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, said, ‘It’s not all negative – death rates have come down.’” Nevertheless, “he said it’s important to continue pushing for medical advancements – uniformly, across all populations – to further reduce death rates.” https://beta.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/08/27/heart-disease-progress-is-slowing-or-stalling-study-shows-obesity-likely-blame/