Today (September 30) is World Heart Day. Heart disease and stroke is the world's largest killer, claiming 17.5 million lives each year. The World Heart Foundation (see link) will be sponsoring a host of events worldwide. Their theme this year is “Team Up for Healthy Hearts!”. World Heart Day activities include free screenings, walks, runs, jump rope sessions, fitness events, public talks, scientific forums, exhibitions, concerts, sports tournaments and much more.In Barbados, The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados is also helping to celebrate World Heart Day and started this morning with a thanksgiving service at St. Matthias Church, in Hastings. The Foundation also has Heart & Stroke Week, and the activities can be found of their website (see link). There will be an open day on October 2. The Foundation is always in need of general support so this would be a good week to get to know a little more about what it does, help out in whatever way you can, and start to make changes in life style that can help reduce the risk of heart-related illnesses.
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