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Recently, some studies have shown some good news, especially for senior citizens. One of the highest risk factors in the elderly, and one of the largest fears in the baby boomers, has been the increased risk of heart attacks.
However, a new study is finding that the risk is decreasing as opposed to the present years increasing in risk. This is some great news for the overall health of seniors and the aging, especially when one factors into the healthier diets many are following in trying to keep healthy.
Between 2000 and 2008, heart attack hospitalizations declined by 24% among enrollees of the health care provider Kaiser Permanente living in northern California.
Heart attack deaths also dropped, in large part because of an even steeper decline in a particularly deadly type of heart attack known as ST-elevation myocardial infarction, Kaiser researchers reported in the June 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
A study of recipients reported in early April showed a similar reduction in heart attack- related hospital admissions among elderly Americans between 2002 and 2007.
Experts say the precipitous decline confirms that better management of heart disease risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol is having an impact, as are efforts to reduce smoking, ban smoking in public places, and get people to eat healthier and exercise.
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Many people have attempted to follow healthier diets, and following better routines, all trying to keep or stay healthy. The recent studies have been showing that has been paying off.
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