Heart Disease, Stroke-Related Deaths Down in U.S.

CLICK HERE to submit a question about heart health. Death rates in the United States from heart disease and stroke are in the biggest and fastest decline ever recorded. A staggering 160,000 lives have been saved in just six years. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that deaths in the United States from heart disease and stroke are down about 25 percent since 1999. "We knew we were making incremental progress, but the magnitude of the change we see here is...Full Story