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            What You Can Do to Lower your Risk of Heart Attack

            There are two types of risk factors that play a role in whether you may get a heart attack or not.

            Controllable and Non-Controllable.

            Non-Controllable heart attack risk factors are age, gender, and heredity (do you have a family history of heart attacks?)

            Controllable heart attack risk factors are those you can do something about and include:

            • Don’t smoke
            • Lower your cholesterol
            • Manage your weight
            • Keep physically active
            • Monitor your blood pressure
            • Reduce stress
            • Manage your diabetes
            • Limit alcohol consumption

            In as little as 6 hours you can gain hands-on practice in performing CPR for a heart attack.


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