EACH year, about 17.5 million lives are claimed by the world’s largest killer – heart disease and stroke. In Malaysia, heart disease has been the number one killer for the past three decades. This statistic goes across the globe, making heart disease the most common cause of death worldwide.
This is why World Heart Day was created, to raise public awareness of risk factors for heart disease and stroke as well as to promote preventive measures to bring this alarming number down.
Today, as we celebrate World Heart Day, organised by the World Heart Federation members and partners, let us take a moment to think how we can avoid becoming part of the heart disease statistic.
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