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Preventing poor heart health to save lives

A couple at a health clinic in Darwin

A couple at a health clinic in Darwin Source: AAP

A new report shows more than 100-thousand heart attacks, strokes and deaths could be avoided over the next five years if all high-risk adults are treated with recommended medications.


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By Phillippa Carisbrooke

Source: SBS



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A new report shows more than 100-thousand heart attacks, strokes and deaths could be avoided over the next five years if all high-risk adults are treated with recommended medications.



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