Hello Health Rounds Readers! Today we feature a sneak peek at a trio of studies to be presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago, which will run from Nov. 16-18. Spike seen in US heart disease deaths related to obesity Obesity-related deaths among U.

Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

Researchers analyzed age-adjusted data from 226,267 deaths attributed to obesity-related ischemic heart disease. The data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's WON