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Even though heart disease and stroke account for 23 percent and 4 percent of all deaths respectively, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invests a meager 4 percent of its budget on heart disease research, a mere 1 percent on stroke research and only 2 percent on other CVD research.We believe this must change and change dramatically. Thestakes are too high.

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