World Heart Day 2021
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For example, a few years back I was told that I had a heart murmur for the first time.
These sounds are made by turbulence in the blood pool near your heart and are detected with a stethoscope.
Anyway, an EKG was immediately ran then sent to the cardiologist who said that it was a "common" variety murmur and that nothing could be done for it.
Today we have another World Heart Day held under the auspices of the World Heart Federation — which is a nongovernmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 1972.
World Heart Day is celebrated annually on September 29th since 2000 in an effort to bring to the attention of the world those aspects of cardiovascular disease as the number one killer.
Heart disease and stroke both being the world’s leading causes of death enact a toll of some 18.6 million lives per annum.
So anyway, I hope your ticker gets along grandly.
Too many in my family have had heart disease; primarily from lifestyle choices.
It's impossible for me to think that I don't have it at some level.
All we can do is acknowledge the risk factors, attempt to deal with them as we can, and live our lives hopefully and as happily as possible.
Happy World Heart Day to you.