Major health organization makes startling heart disease prediction: ‘Near-perfect storm’

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Heart disease has been the world’s No. 1 killer for over a century, and experts predict that it will become even more prevalent in the coming decades. A report this month from the American Heart Association (AHA) predicts that at least six in 10 U.

S. adults could experience cardiovascular disease within the next 30 years. The rate of hypertension ( high blood pressure ) — which is one of the key risk factors for heart disease — is expected to increase from 51.

2% in 2020 to 61.0% in 2050. HEART ATTACKS MORE LIKELY DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND OTHER STRESSFUL TIMES, STUDY SHOWS Diabetes, another major risk factor, is also expected to rise (16.

3% to 26.8%), along with obesity (43.1% to 60.

6%), according to the study, which was published in the AHA journal Circulation. As a result, total cardiovascular disease is predicted to rise from 11.3% to 15.

0% between 2020 and 2050. Heart disease has been the world’s No. 1 killer for over a century, and experts predict that it will become even more prevalent in the coming decades.

(iStock) "The landscape of cardiovascular disease in the U.S. is seeing the arrival of a near-perfect storm," Dr.

Dhruv S. Kazi, vice chair of the advisory writing group and a Boston cardiologist, said in a press release. ANGER CAN INCREASE HEART ATTACK RISK, STUDY FINDS "The last decade has seen a surge of cardiovascu.