But the risk rises to one in every 40 people among those who have a close family member with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Last week, a study was released about a new treatment that combines five medicines for heart disease in one pill.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

He named the Linda Pollin Memorial Housing Project after one of his two children who died of heart disease.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

This year, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say resistance is close to one hundred percent.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

The researchers found that he and three members of his family had two disease-causing mutations in one gene.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

The decrease in the amount of dopamine can result in one or more general signs of Parkinson's disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

One of the museum's displays tells the story about when the president had a mild case of the infectious disease small pox.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

And about one thousand people near Yeshwanthpur in India also showed signs of the disease in March.

VOA: special.2009.04.13

But one thing is sure. Developing countries need more of them as more people get heart disease.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

After one year, the risk of heart disease for a non-smoker is half that of a smoker.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

Economic losses from the disease amount to an estimated one percent of the African economy each year.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

The disease is found in more than one hundred countries in Africa,Asia, the western Pacific Ocean, the Middle East and Central and South America.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

Economic losses from the disease represent an estimated one percent of the African economy each year.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The World Health Organization says the disease is responsible for one in five childhood deaths there.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

No one was able to find out what disease he may have had during his lifetime.

VOA: special.2009.02.25