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Heart Disease
Nation's Leading Preventive Health Groups Seek to Save Lives by Transforming Americans' Approach to Health
March 1st, 2008
The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) and Partnership for Prevention (Partnership) have joined forces to change the way Americans approach their health, from costly disease treatment to cost-effective disease prevention. The organizations have targeted heart disease, the nation's number one killer, with a number of initiatives, including the announcement of a new project designed to increase doctor-patient discussions about the role of aspirin in reducing the risk of cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke. "Heart disease will cost America about $450 billion this year,"(1) said Mike Parkinson, MD, FACPM, MPH, president of the American College...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-01)
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