The BHF offers excellent information and advice to patients, their families and medical professionals and I am a big fan of the educational letters they send out to UK GPs. They fund a significant portion of research into preventing and treating heart disease.
You can join in by wearing red tomorrow, or joining any of the events which can be found on their website https://www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved
Heart disease is the biggest cause of death in the UK, causing 80,000 deaths last year and being the cause of death of 1 in 5 men and 1 in 7 women.
Simple lifestyle changes can reduce your risk of developing ischaemic heart disease; regular exercise, stopping smoking, a healthy diet and checking and managing your blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
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