CHICAGO — This year’s scientific sessions on the latest research in cardiovascular disease began not with the buzzy new obesity drugs but with a sobering look at progress stalling or even reversing in common chronic illnesses.
The overture to the American Heart Association’s conference, coming as the organization celebrates its 100th year, began with Valentin Fuster of Mount Sinai Hospital lamenting the predicted shift in overall cardiovascular disease burden, worsening from now until 2050.
“We have a problem,” he said. “Pay attention to health and prevention — that is the challenge of the next century.”
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