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Targeting Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors May Be Important Across a Lifetime

NIH-funded study suggests efforts to prevent risk factors should extend to those older than 65.

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Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016.  New findings suggest that all adults, including those over 65, should be mindful of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The results, published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society, are part of the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, which looks at stroke incidence in approximately 30,000 individuals. The REGARDS study…

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