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Tue 11 Nov 2009Prevention programme is on chopping block
MEDICAL MATTERS:Despite its obvious success, Heartwatch is under threat of cancellation, writes MUIRIS HOUSTON
ALTHOUGH STILL a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the Republic and other European countries, the management of heart disease in the western world has improved beyond all recognition. This can be credited to a number of factors; but a key development has been the success of both primary and secondary prevention programmes.
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