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Arteriosclerosis
Cardiovascular disease still kills more people than all other diseases combined. The odds of getting a heart attack or stroke are about the same now as they were 30 years ago. Decades of low cholesterol and low fat diets, bypass surgery and angioplasty have done nothing to reduce the number of times this deadly epidemic strikes..
Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis is well known for its silent role in *heart attacks and *strokes, since outward signs are inconspicuous and the results treacherous. The term "arteriosclerosis" means thickening and hardening of artery walls.