The Effect of Aging of Population on General Health Problems

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Abstract
HEART disease occurs in some form and degree in the majority of aging men and women (Table 6). Many of the greatest advances in internal medicine in recent times have been made in this whole area, and though heart disease remains the leading cause of death, enormous improvements have been made in lessened disability and longer life expectancy. Only a few points need to be emphasized here. Most important is the fact that old people with heart disease are not constantly in danger or disabled by it. Heart failure and coronary-artery occlusion are serious; they may be fatal, but if . . .

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