GREATER use of aspirin and other low-cost generic medicines would significantly reduce the toll from heart disease and stroke, according to a seven-year global study.

TYPICALLY “western” diets that include a lot of fried food, salty snacks and meat contribute almost a third of the heart attack risk around the world, a study has found.

A STUDY of 27,000 people around the world has shown that all forms of tobacco exposure multiply the risk of having a heart attack.