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Aug 30, 20211 min read

Get Help Quickly!

Denial of heart attack symptoms can be deadly. Almost all persons suffering a heart attack will at first go into hopeful denial that it...

Aug 27, 20211 min read

Time is Critical!

Simply put, a heart attack is the result of a sudden blockage in the blood supply to the heart. Once the blockage occurs heart muscle...

Aug 25, 20211 min read

Take Your Medication!

Apart from quitting smoking, the three most important controllable risk factors for preventing coronary heart disease are high blood...

Aug 23, 20211 min read

What is Angioplasty?

The scientifically proven most effective treatment for a heart attack is to have a procedure to place a stent to reopen the blocked...

Aug 20, 20211 min read

Covid-19 VS Heart Disease

According to the WHO, an estimated 17.9 million people died from Cardiovascular Disease in 2019 compared to 3.5 million people who would...

Aug 18, 20211 min read

Did You Know?

Studies have found that there is a 40% higher chance of death from heart attacks among persons of South Asian ancestry than the average...

Aug 16, 20211 min read

Get Checked Annually!

Standard risk factors may fail to explain up to half of heart related events. While we have discovered so much about heart disease there...

Aug 13, 20211 min read

Have A Plan!

As many as half of all deaths due to heart attacks occur in individuals with no prior history or symptoms of heart disease. So you need...