Heart Disease Among Top Causes of Hospitalization
October 12, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Top five reasons Americans over the age of 65 end up being admitted to the hospital:
- Congestive heart failure
- Hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis)
- Heartbeat irregularities (arrhythmia)
- Heart attack
- Pneumonia
Clear evidence that heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S.
Reuters, October 11, 2006
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