Heart Disease Prevention: Lifestyle Changes To Adopt Today

According to the World Health Organization fact sheet based on data from 2016, the world’s leading causes of death were ischemic heart disease and stroke, which combined, were responsible for a total of 15.2 million deaths that year. Pulmonary heart disease came in at third and was responsible for 3.2 million deaths. Yes, you’re reading that right – two of the world’s top 3 killers for 2016 were heart diseases.

While some risk factors such as family history, sex, age, and race are out of your control, you can still improve your lifestyle to mitigate your risk of heart disease. …read more