Healthy Hearts: Fighting an Epidemic




New York Academy of Sciences Podcast show

Summary: Heart disease is the leading death for Americans today. In this special edition of the Science & the City podcast, hear what Dr. Valentin Fuster—Physician-in-Chief of the Mount Sinai Medical Center, director of the Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and scientific organizer of the Academy's upcoming conference on cardiovascular health in Barcelona, Spain—has to say about heart healthy behavior in children, youth, and adults.