As we age our body becomes worn out from all the different activities it performs. The heart in particular is an extensively active organ, beating as much as 100,000 times each day! If you do the math, the number of beats in a lifetime reaches the billions, eventually making this amazing organ prone to imbalance in its homeostasis. Thus, heart disease is described as a group of disorders that together constitute the leading cause of death …showed first 75 words of 1017 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1017 total…becomes worn out from activities. Although there are many treatments and procedures, heart diseases such as coronary artery disease can lead to many different heart failures and eventually death if nothing is done to prevent it. Hence, it is best to start taking care of your heart now, by eating healthy, exercising regularly, and taking other actions towards a healthy heart before an elderly age is reached and it is too late to go back.