- More people die from cardiovascular disease than any other cause.
- A study links male gender norms to unrecognized heart disease risks.
- Social pressures may lead to poor cardiovascular risk management in men.
SALT LAKE CITY — More people die of or are sickened by cardiovascular disease than any other cause, although the risk of illness and death can be changed or prevented, compared to many other diseases. The key is finding it early.
And that’s the rub.
Finding out you have risk factors like hypertension or high cholesterol is important, but it happens well below the levels that health experts call optimal. Public health experts estimate as many as three-fourths of young adults who have such risk factors don’t know it…