Hearth attack, yours or not

• Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains as the leading cause of death in the United States, accounted for 928,741 deaths in the year 2020, approx. 1 of 4 deaths, perhaps higher, considering some new threats.
• Between 2018 and 2019, direct and indirect costs of total CVD were $407.3 billion ($251.4 billion in direct costs and $155.9 billion in lost productivity/mortality).
• In 2020 in the United States, coronary heart disease (CHD) was the leading cause (41.2%) of deaths attributable to CVD in the United States, followed by stroke (17.3%), other CVD (16.8%), high blood pressure (12.9%), heart failure (9.2%), diseases of the arteries (2.6%
• Heart disease is responsible for most deaths worldwide for both men and women of all races.
To a large degree this is a lifestyle disease that can be mitigated by relatively easy choices, such as healthier food choices, sleep hygiene, daily physical activity, and social activities. Guidance for these is readily available, as are people trained to properly teach the skills. Seek them out, do it yourself often doesn’t work, if it did you would already be there. You can always reach out to me and people in my network. We can personalize it for individual needs, which we all have. BTW, do you know what the symptoms are of a cardiac event? They are different for women and men. We are seeing younger and younger people have a cardiac event. It can happen quickly and without warning. A significant number are without symptoms. Several agencies teach CPR. It is a very important thing to know. And refreshing the skill often is necessary. I have had to apply these skills with infants, toddlers, nonagenarians and ages in between, in all kinds of places. You never know. At times you find yourself praying to all the spiritual beings you ever heard of and wish your bag of tricks had more in it. Don’t wait, on either the lifestyle stuff or the training. Believe it, or not, the life you save may be your own!!!