Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart matters for millennials

Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart matters for millennials

Risks for heart disease like obesity, lack of exercise, drinking too much alcohol and smoking are the same for everyone. But Mayo Clinic cardiologist Regis Fernandes, M.D. says such behaviors seem to be more prevalent in younger people now than in the past. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Ian Roth talks with Dr. Fernandes about the other big reason Millennials may be at a higher risk for developing heart disease at a younger age than previous generations. More health and medical news on the Mayo Clinic News Network http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/