\r\n \r\n * 1915- MI, or heart attack is suddenly becoming more common and rapidly increasing.
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\r\n* 1937- Dick and Mac McDonald open their first hamburger stand. Heart disease continues making a dramatic climb.
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\r\n* 1959- McDonalds opened its 100th restaurant. Heart disease is near an all time high.
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\r\n*In 1968 when death rates from heart disease peaked in the USA, McDonalds opened its 1,000th restaurant.
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\r\n* During the 1970\'s McDonalds experienced its most SPECTACULAR growth. Meanwhile the death rates from heart disease had reversed course and were now on the decline.
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\r\n* Death rates from heart disease continued to decline into the 1980\'s, and by 1988 McDonalds opens its 10,000th restaurant.
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\r\n* 1988- Statins are born.
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\r\n* 1992- Lipitor quickly becomes the worlds top selling drug. The decline in heart disease continues, but only at the same pace as before statins were invented.
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\r\n* 2010- Death rates from heart disease in the US are less than half of what it was in 1968. McDonalds is operating 31,000 restaurants worldwide.\r\n

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