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Affair of the heart

4:15pm Monday 14th April 2008

I am really scared of suffering a heart attack while still young. How could I avoid having one?

Well, the main factors which cause heart attacks are smoking, a high blood cholesterol level, having a raised blood pressure and not getting enough exercise. If you can avoid all those four things, then the odds against having a coronary at an early age are very long indeed.

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