24 Million to Die From Heart Disease, Says WHO
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The World Health Organization has warned that by 2020, heart disease and stroke will become the leading cause of both death and disability worldwide, with the number of fatalities projected to increase to over 20 million a year and by 2030 to over 24
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Tobacco use killed 100 million people worldwide in the 20th century and could kill 1 billion people in the 21st unless governments act now to dramatically reduce it, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday.
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(HealthDayNews) -- Twice as many women die from heart disease each year as from all types of cancer combined, including breast cancer, Duke University Medical Center says.
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Heart disease, usually seen as a   quintessentially Western problem, is rapidly becoming a major   threat to the developing world, costing millions of lives and   billions of dollars, top cardiologists said on Tuesday.
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The UK spends more per person on treating heart disease than any other country in Europe, figures show.
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Tobacco use killed 100 million people worldwide in the 20th century and could kill one billion people in the 21st unless governments act now the World Health Organization said
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The sharp drop-off in UK heart disease deaths in recent decades may owe much more to prevention than to advances in treatment, a new study suggests.
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Smokers under 40 are at risk from heart attack - smashing the belief that only older people are vulnerable, says a new study. Experts studied 23,000 cases of people who had survived heart attacks between 1985
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Bangladeshi health officials plan to immunise 24 million children under five against polio in a mammoth nationwide operation Saturday after fresh outbreaks, an official said.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that drastically reducing air pollution in cities could prevent 120,000 deaths a year from respiratory infections, heart disease and lung cancer.
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Cancer deaths will more than double to 17 million people each year in 2030 with poor countries shouldering the heaviest burden from the disease, the head of the United Nation's cancer agency said on Monday.
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Former president Bill Clinton has become one of 64 million Americans with diagnosed heart disease. As many as 4 million more have a &quot;silent&quot; illness with no symptoms to betray their risk, doctors say.
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Disease could kill as many people in the stricken Indian Ocean region as died in the weekend tsunami, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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The number of dead was approaching 24,000 Monday in the wake of Sunday&#39;s South Asia earthquake and devastating tsunamis. Eight Americans have been reported dead, and US Secretary of State Colin Powell says several hundred more are missing.
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide but not nearly enough is being done to educate people about how they can lessen their vulnerability, experts said Tuesday.
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The government is accused of ignoring a heart condition that kills hundreds of young people each year.
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The World Health Organization is recommending more importance be attached to the prevention of heart disease and other cardiovascular ailments rather than focusing on treatment.