Monday, September 17, 2012

September is National Heart Awareness Month

We closed off with an interview with Dr Chevaan Hendricks of UCT’s Division of Cardiology and Groote Schuur’s Cardiac Clinic and Erika Ketterer - a dietitian at the Heart and Stroke Foundation to tell us more about Cardiovascular Disease. September is also National Heart Awareness Month and World Heart Day is on Saturday the 29th of September. This year’s World Heart Day theme is “One World, One Home, One Heart" with a particular focus on Cardiovascular Disease prevention among women and children. For more information visit www.heartfoundation.co.za or call the Heart and Stroke Healthline on 0860 143 278 (0860 1 HEART)

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