Heart Health
Longer life after heart attack
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After a heart attack, people live longer if they significantly improve their diet, a Harvard study suggests.
Researchers led by Eric Rimm, associate professor of medicine and nutrition at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, analyzed self-reported dietary data from thousands of heart attack survivors: 2,258 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 1,840 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Median survival after heart attack was about nine years.
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