The Complementarity of Public Health and Medicine - Achieving "the Highest Attainable Standard of Health".

The article presents a case study of a 70-year-old retired landscaper, presents to the emergency department reporting 3 hours of left-sided chest pain. The article discusses that the risk of heart attack was twice as high among middle-aged men as it is today, but public health campaigns may have inspired; and Changes in dietary advice and regulations such as limiting trans fats in the food supply may also have prevented hyperlipidemia and reduced.