Expert advice for a healthy heart
26 percent of American deaths are related to heart disease. Diseases that our guest, Dr. Steve Nissen, chair of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, says are largely avoidable. With an eye on President Clinton’s recent hospitalization, we examine some of the factors that make Americans such high-risk candidates for terminal heart disease.
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