India, May 29 -- Reputed cardiologist and Bangalore Rural MP Dr. C.N. Manjunath highlights a troubling trend

Mysuru, May 29 (SBD&BCT)- "Heart attacks and brain strokes have become the leading killers in India, claiming nearly 3 million lives every year," rued Dr. C.N. Manjunath, Bangalore Rural MP and former Director of the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology.

He was speaking at the inauguration of S.M. Krishna Memorial Neuro Zone near Doctors' Corner in Gokulam III Stage, Mysuru, last evening.

Dr. Manjunath expressed deep concern over the alarming rise in lifestyle diseases, stressing that both heart attacks and strokes share common causes - smoking, alcohol, stress, diabetes, poor diet and sedentary habits. "The key to saving lives lies...