Soledad Durazo

When the heart goes out: the endemic we should be talking about

Why are we seeing a persistent increase in cardiovascular diseases that are now the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country?

By Soledad Durazo

The health landscape in Mexico faces a growing and disturbing challenge: cardiovascular and cardiometabolic diseases. What leads us to ask ourselves what is at the root of this problem? Why are we seeing a persistent increase in these diseases, which are now the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country?

Last Friday, as part of Heart Day, a dozen medical associations warned, at a meeting of more than 500 physicians, of the urgency of opening their eyes to this problem, which, for a change, the government is not giving the attention it requires.

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