| Before Bob Marley died, he said to his son Ziggy | | | | Complications from diabetes are responsible for |
| "Money can't buy life." He was right; all fortune | | | | almost one death every 10 seconds. The United |
| on earth cannot buy health once it is too | | | | States are not exempt from that disease. In fact, |
| deteriorated. In fact, if gold and silver could buy | | | | with a total of 23.6 million diabetics in 2007 (7.8% |
| health, there would not be so many diseases in | | | | of the population), the United States are ranked |
| the United States. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes | | | | third among the five countries with the greatest |
| and cancer, to name a few, are weapons that | | | | number of people with diabetes. |
| send thousands of people in the country of silence | | | | Cancer - you do not need a PHD to understand |
| (death) every year. | | | | that the effects of cancer are alarming. When it |
| Cardiovascular disease (CVD) - despite Progress | | | | comes to this disease, even optimists wonder if |
| of Science, cardiovascular disease remains the | | | | there is hope. Trillions of dollars are spent each |
| number one killer in the United States. | | | | year; the disease continues its destructive course. |
| Cardiovascular disease (High blood pressure, | | | | According to a collective expertise of French |
| coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke, etc.) | | | | National Institute for Health and Medical Research |
| is without a doubt the leading cause of death in | | | | (Inserm) published on October 2008, since the |
| developed countries. According to the American | | | | beginning of 1980, there is an increase in certain |
| Heart Association in 2005, cardiovascular disease | | | | cancers: Lung cancer, mesothelioma, hematological |
| killed 864,480 people, representing 35.3 percent of | | | | malignancies, brain tumors and cancers of the |
| all deaths of that year. The problem is that the | | | | breast, ovary, testis, prostate and thyroid. |
| majority of patients rely on medications only to | | | | With such an increase in diseases, it becomes |
| treat their heart conditions. There is no miracle | | | | more important that you take your health in |
| treatment against CVD; you need a healthy | | | | consideration. Although some illnesses are |
| lifestyle: avoiding smoking (including second hand | | | | quasi-unpreventable, there are certain primary |
| smoke), limit your cholesterol intake, avoid | | | | prevention measures you can take to protect |
| becoming overweight, avoid physical inactivity, and | | | | yourself from those scourges. In fact, some of |
| more. Regular Exercise is the best tool to treat | | | | these risk factors for these diseases, including |
| or prevent cardiovascular disease. | | | | cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes may |
| Diabetes - If CVD is raging in the developed | | | | be decreased or prevented. For more information |
| countries, diabetes did not remain inactive in the | | | | on disease prevention, visit healthatlarge.com, or |
| world. There are an estimated 7 million people | | | | click on the link in the resource box below. |
| developing diabetes each year around the world. | | | | |