The large decrease in coronary heart disease, about 20%, reported in the US between the years 1983-2011 goes unexplained, though it is incorrectly attributed to statin drugs, other modern medicines and surgical treatments. Over the same period of time, diabetes increased dramatically. [Science Daily Nov 13, 2016; [Journal American Medical Association Nov 15, 2016]
Source: The Atlantic Jan 15, 2013
This journalist addressed this topic last year in a report entitled WINE TRUMPS MODERN CARDIAC TECHNOLOGY. [Knowledge of Health Aug 27, 2015]