Eating oily fish regularly can help prevent cardiovascular disease in high-risk individuals, researchers find.
Heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular incidents can be cut by 20 to 40 per cent through use of a polypill, which combines three blood pressure medications and a lipid-lowering drug, taken alone or with aspirin.
Yusuf is the first McMaster faculty member to receive the prestigious McLaughlin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada.