Beijing citizens suffer vascular disease.

(From Business Daily Update)

Author: About every 20 minutes last year in Beijing, one person died from vascular disease of the heart or brain, and the number keeps on growing. Vascular diseases have close ties to lifestyles, said experts who conducted the new government survey. It indicates that one of every three Beijing residents suffers from various diseases related to their ways of life, a 4.5 percentage points rise from 2000. The Beijing Health Bureau study, covering more than 20,000 Beijing residents over the age of six, shows eight diseases dominate, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, stroke, chronic lung …