Skip to main content
Commercial newswire·ZA·

What we don't know about our hearts can hurt us

By Merilynn Steenkamp, General Manager, Southern Africa Multi-Country Network at Roche Diagnostics29 September is World Heart Day. Perhaps this is not a date on the calendar many of us treat with the same reverence as New Year’s Day, Father’s Day, or even Valentine’s Day. But in context, it’s worth considering that almost half of South African adults between the ages of 30 and 79 are estimated to have hypertension. Hypertension (or high blood pressure) is one of the most serious risk factors for death from heart diseases and strokes. That should make the date more relevant to so many of…

More from Commercial newswire

The rest of this wire is for subscribers

Every release from this source, the moment it crosses — plus 80+ other newswires, saved searches and instant alerts.

7 days, no card required.

Read releases like this the second they cross the wire.

1,400+ feeds — live on PPN World right now. Every release from this source, the moment it crosses — plus 80+ other newswires, saved searches and instant alerts.

Start the free trial →

Your announcement next? Distribute your press release to the global wires with PPN Source — and track its pickup live here.

PPN Source →
Shared via PPN World — real-time press release intelligence.