Saturday, 15 December 2012

High Blood Pressure Tops Global Killer List

High blood pressure has claimed over 9 million lives in 2010, making it the biggest killer worldwide, according to the experts. Smoking and alcohol use have also overtaken child hunger in the last two decades to become the second and third leading risks globally, according to a study estimating the disease burden attributable to 43 risk factors in 1990 and 2010. The analysis was undertaken by an international consortium of scientists as part of the Global ...

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