An estimated 17 million people die of various disease, particularly heart attack and strokes, each year, according to the World Health Organisation.

根据世界卫生组织报告，每年大约有 1700 万人死于心血管病，特别是心脏病和中风。

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It worked for them, they didn't have all these chronic diseases like we have, now they had other challenges, infectious diseases primarily, but they didn't have the chronic diseases like we have, like cancer, heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, etc., and Diabetes particularly.

这曾对祖先们奏效,他们不像我们会得一些慢性疾病,但他们要面对其他的挑战,主要是传染性疾病,但他们不像我们那样受着慢性疾病的困扰,如癌症,心脏病,高血压和高脂血等,特别是糖尿病

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Even worse, the researchers found that such fatalism spilled over into a generalized failure to take preventative measures to control other health problems, particularly heart disease.

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One thing that is clear is that Vioxx had a particularly strong link to heart attacks and strokes.

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One worry about combining the treatments is an increase in side effects, particularly damage to the heart, which is an issue with Herceptin.

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