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Preventing Heart Disease and Evidence-Informed Medicine
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The number one cause of death is heart disease in both America and worldwide. However, experiments cannot be performed on a group of people to see the levels of training that affect different heart problems, as medicine must be evidence-informed and prescriptions need to be modified for individual patients with a more aggressive posture.
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The focus on making decisions for patients based solely on data from randomized control trials may not be sufficient in preventing heart disease, which is the leading cause of death.
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The focus on making decisions for patients based solely on data from randomized control trials may not be sufficient in preventing heart disease, which is the leading cause of death. Instead, doctors may need to modify and specify treatment based on individual patients' needs.
ChapterPreventing Heart Disease and Evidence-Informed Medicine
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