New Global Killers: Heart, Lung Disease and Cancer
UN, health leaders take focus off germs and address roots of chronic diseases
2011-09-14
Marilynn Marchione AP Medical Writer
What's killing us? For decades, global health leaders have focused on diseases that can spread - AIDS, tuberculosis, new flu bugs. They pushed for vaccines, better treatments and other ways to control germs that were only a plane ride away from seeding outbreaks anywhere in the world. Read the complete article
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