Halving Premature Death: Is It Realistic?

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Air date:	Thursday, July 13, 2006, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 106 * This only includes stats from October 2011 and forward.
Category:	Special
Runtime:	01:23:14
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Description:	Sir Richard Peto observes that worldwide, most premature deaths are from just a few major external causes or diseases, and practicable ways exist of controlling several of these big risks. He notes that improving treatment of disease and reducing tobacco deaths have halved the number of premature deaths in Britain over the past few decades. Sir Richard Peto developed a statistical technique, “meta-analysis,” that helped improve the treatment of heart disease and breast cancer. He predicts smoking will cause one billion avoidable deaths this century if current smoking patterns persist. For more information, visit http://www.fic.nih.gov/news/events/peto_lecture.pdf

NLM Title:	Halving premature death : is it realistic? / Sir Richard Peto.
Author:	Peto, Richard. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Subjects:	Health Behavior Mortality Primary Prevention--methods
Publication Types:	Webcast
NLM Classification:	WA 108
NLM ID:	101285735
CIT Live ID:	5104
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=5104

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