by Volume 14, Number 9 Although 75% of healthcare expenditures in the United States are related to chronic disease management, only 3% is spent on the prevention of these chronic illnesses. Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that only 8% of…
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Social Factors and Cardiovascular Disease
by Volume 11, Number 10 Although deaths from heart disease have been declining over the past several decades, heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States. Unfortunately, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is…