Death rates for heart disease and stroke drop significantly

The rates fell about 30% between 1999 and 2006. A UCLA cardiologist calls it 'one of the most remarkable achievements of modern medicine.' The death rates for heart disease and stroke each dropped by about 30% between 1999 and 2006, allowing the American Heart Assn. to reach its 2010 goal of a 25% reduction in deaths four years early, researchers said today.

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