People in Eastern Europe -- Poles, especially -- are suffering lower rates of cardiac arrest and stroke since the fall of communism, say researchers writing in the British Medical Journal. Contributing factors: More fresh fruit is available now, and the withdrawal of large consumer subsidies, especially for animal products, has forced people to eat more vegetable fats and fish.
Capitalists, Communists, Cardiacs
People in Eastern Europe -- Poles, especially -- are suffering lower rates of cardiac arrest and stroke since the fall of communism, say researchers writing in the British Medical Journal. Contributing factors: More fresh fruit is available now, and the withdrawal of large consumer subsidies, especially for animal products, has forced people to eat more vegetable fats and fish.
