Investigated by Dr Michael O'Donnell
The last of five programmes Fighting Back
If present trends continue, Britain will soon be the world leader in deaths from coronary heart disease. The plague will be more virulent here because other countries have started to fight back.
DR MICHAEL o'donnell investigates some of the major campaigns being fought in the United States. If Britain achieved the same reduction in heart disease, 40,000 lives a year would be saved.
Assistant producer JENNY STEVENS Producer DAVID CORDINGLEY