Million Hearts focuses on improving aspirin use, blood pressure, cholesterol control and tobacco prevention
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with several key initial partners, today launched Million Hearts, an initiative that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. Currently, cardiovascular disease costs $444 billion every year in medical costs and lost productivity in Americans. Building on work already underway thanks to…
