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National American Heart Month

Submitted by Dawn on February 11, 2013 - 10:53am

February is National American Heart Month.

Did you know the following facts:

The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime.
The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose.
Your heart beats about 100,000 times in one day and about 35 million times in a year. During an average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times.*

The following books can help you maintain a healthy heart:

by Eleanor Henderson

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Reviewer:
Noel

Reviewed on:
July 24, 2012

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