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Cardiovascular Disease

The cardiovascular diseases (CVD) can be fatal.


  • Adults tend to be more resistant to diseases than young children. - 167
  • It is better to prevent disease than to treat it after it occurs. - 724
  Key words: Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular-Disease, Cardiovascular-Diseases, CVD, Disease, Diseases, Heart, Heart-Disease  

  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  

Question: What is disease?
  Answer: Disease is an illness, sickness, disorder, or abnormal condition of any body organ, structure, or system. - 241

Question: What causes diseases?
  Answer: Diseases can be caused by: nutritional deficiency, poisons, parasites, bacterial infection, viruses, or genetic anomalies. - 242

Question: What is a heart, and what is it purpose?
  Answer: A heart is a hollow muscular organ that pumps blood from the veins to the lungs and into the arteries.
  Note: Some believe that the heart is also the center of emotions and feelings. - 136

Question: Where is the human heart located?
  Answer: The heart is located in the chest between the lungs. - 137

Question: What is a heart beat?
  Answer: A heart beat is the rhythmic contracting and relaxing of the heart muscle to pump blood. - 138


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