The heart is central to your daily experience, from your loved ones to your life. The focus is also on heart health. Dr. Ranjit Jagtap News says that awareness is important, but prevention must be given up daily. The facts are clear; according to the CDC, "More than 616,000 people died from heart disease in 2008." Heart disease caused nearly 25% of deaths, nearly one in four, in the United States. The seriousness of heart disease is staggering, yet all too often, people don't realize they have a problem until they experience one of the serious consequences of heart disease, such as a heart attack or stroke. That makes this topic very problematic. It's not that people don't know what they "should" be doing to be healthy, like exercising more, eating better quality foods, reducing salt intake, sleeping better, losing weight, not smoking, and relieving stress. They don't mean it until the issue gets "personal." Unfortunately, your first sy...
Dr. Ranjit Jagtap is a functioning individual from the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS).