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Number One Killer(Heart Disease)
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Do you know what the number 1 killer is, in developed countries
throughout the world?Its Heart Disease
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percent o" all deaths
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5hese deaths a""ect not only the individuals, but prematurely rob "amilies
o" those they love
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ontrary to popular misconception, heart disease is not 6ust a disease o"men
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It is a leading cause o" death in both men and women alike
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# "ull 45%o" heart attacks occur in people under the age o" 4*
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#nd 5%strike young people under the age o" +$
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an e8uivalent to more than 1* 6umbo 6ets o" people die eachday "romheart disease9
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hy is it that we hear so little about the millionsdying o" heart disease?
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5he orld Health rgani@ation has stated that worldwideA
:#bout twelve millionpeople die every year o" heart problems, but up to
halfo" them could be saved i" better prevention programs were in
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hile betterprevention programs could cut "atal heart disease by
about *$ percent, some research suggests that with the bestprevention
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imply put, nine out of ten heart attacks may be preventable
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