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AUDIO: American Heart Association Dr. Robertson Talks Heart Health And End Of Year Fundraising

December 16, 2008 - 11:13am 498 reads 0 comments

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Did you know the first act of the heart is an act of loving self-kindness? Before the heart does anything, it takes oxygen depleted blood from the body, and pumps it to the lungs where the blood gets enriched with oxygen, then it pumps that fresh blood back to the heart, so it can feed itself before it feeds the rest of the body.

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1) Dr. Robertson, why is heart disease the No. 1 killer of women?

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