The wake-up-call heart attack
A recent study of heart disease risk brings Mike's story to mind. Researchers pooled data from 17 studies covering nearly 68,000 people and calculated that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease for men from ages 55 to 80 was only 4.7% if they had an "optimal risk-factor profile" in middle age. Optimal means not smoking, having normal cholesterol levels and blood pressure, and being free of diabetes.
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