03 Jun 2022 --- Gender gaps in blood pressure, physical activity and smoking have widened among young adults in the US, suggesting that prevention approaches should be carefully tailored to help people achieve ideal lifelong cardiovascular health, according to new research. “Cardiovascular disease retains the dubious distinction of being the leading killer in the U.S., and over the last two decades, in the world,” comments the study's senior author, Dr. Pradeep Natarajan, director of preventive cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, US.
