In the 1940s and 1950s, heart attacks posed a significant threat to lives, as evidenced by personal experiences where many neighbors succumbed unexpectedly.
Mary Lasker and U.S. Sen. Lister Hill recognized the health challenges facing America and successfully advocated for an expanded focus on medical research, particularly for heart disease and cancer.
The advances in medical technology and research, resulting from federal investment, have dramatically changed the landscape of heart disease treatment, exemplified by the case of David Levine.
Today, procedures like angiograms, which would have been unthinkable a generation ago, are now routine and life-saving interventions thanks to decades of public health research.
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