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“Just because you’'re not sick doesn’t mean you’re healthy” ~ Author Unknown
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”. Mahatma Gandhi
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) includes all the diseases of the heart and circulation including coronary heart disease (angina and heart attack), heart failure, congenital heart disease and stroke.
“Take care of your body. It’'s the only place you have to live.” ~Jim Rohn
There are around 150,000 incidents of stroke every year in the UK.
“Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.”
More than six million people around the world have taken the Heart Age Test.
“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” ~ Spanish Proverb.
CVD is one of the main causes of premature death in the UK (death before age 75).  28% of premature deaths in men and 19% of premature deaths in women were from CVD in 2012.
CVD remains the biggest cause of death in the UK, resulting in more than 45,000 deaths in people less than 75years in 2010.