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Here is what I DON’T consider as early heart disease. He had high bloodpressure and high cholesterol most of his life, and he wasn’t great at taking his tablets.” ” Here is what I DO consider as early heart disease. The same is true of uncontrolled diabetes or high bloodpressure.
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