The result is that residents and medical students study even the rarest cardiovascular conditions but know little about enhancing their patients ability to lose weight, to exercise, to relax, or to give up cigarette smokingthe leading avoidable cause of heart disease
Baba, S., Wikstrom, A
There were no meta-analyses, pooled studies, or indeed individual interventional studies, which perhaps reflects difficulty conducting these in real world settings
This is due to population growth, even as prevalence rates decline
Imagine seeing something like that today, your favorite player sucking on a cig
Each of the three major risk factors poses approximately the same increase in risk of CHD for the person with the risk factor, but cigarette smoking is far more prevalent as a risk factor for CHD in the American population than either hypertension or elevated serum cholesterol