Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide: Perspective on the 12 Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine Cardiovascular disease and related noncommunicable diseases were once considered a problem that only wealthy, industrialized nations faced. Together, they now rank as the leading cause of death across the globe. The vast majority of those deaths—more than 80 percent—occur in low- and middle-income countries. To address this massive global health problem, the U.S. Institute of Medicine formed a committee to create a set of tangible recommendations that would catalyze and focus action. In this special issue, Promoting Cardiovascular Health scientificamerican/sciam/assets/media/promo/upload/SciAmCardio.pdf
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