Most Australians at risk of heart attack or stroke fail to take preventative medication

By Clare Colley
Updated May 13 2016 - 10:13am, first published May 2 2016 - 12:01am

About one in five Australians aged 45 to 75 are at high risk of heart attack or stroke, but close to one million are failing to take the recommended life-saving medications, a new study has found.