4 Best Practices to Avoid Having Heart Surgery

Heart disease, and other heart-related problems, are the number one cause of death today.

In fact, more than 600,000 people die from heart disease every year, accounting for one in every four deaths, according to the CDC. For that reason, heart surgery is also one of the most common types of surgery performed. For some, heart surgery is performed in response to a genetic heart condition, but for most, it’s a result of poor lifestyle choices.

Surgery is a dangerous endeavor. It’s difficult to know if something will go wrong or if you’ll fall victim to human error while on …read more