America’s heart and blood vessel health is sub-par, according to data from the American Heart Association… "By monitoring health, as well as disease, the update provides information essential to public health initiatives, patient care and for people to take personal responsibility for their health ? and for their lives," Véronique L. Roger, M.D, M.P.H., lead author of the update and professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn., was quoted as saying.

Ivanhoe, 1/2/2012

Tags: Cardiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester