Heart Disease, Cancer Top Killers in China (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050915/ap_on_he_me/china_mortality"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050914/capt.xhg11509142053.china_mortality_xhg115.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=CbBXEDqiMrHwWXRfZaFxKw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A man smokes near a portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in this Oct. 29, 2004 file photo. More middle-aged Chinese are dying of heart disease and cancer than Americans, fueled by high blood pressure and smoking that have flourished alongside the communist country's economy, new research suggests. (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Heart disease, cancer and stroke are now the top killers of middle-aged people in China, fueled by high blood pressure and smoking, which have developed alongside the communist country's economy, according to one of the largest surveys of its kind.</p><br clear=all>