Day 6 for The Season of Giving goes towards The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, on behalf of Joanne Stross, Financial Clerk & Crystal Liberty, Law Clerk.
Heart & Stroke is a leading funder of life-saving research, which has led to breakthroughs such as heart transplant surgery and a stroke treatments that has cut the death rate by 50%.
Since 1952, Heart & Stroke has invested more than $1.55 billion in vital heart and brain research. Over that period the death rate from heart disease and stroke has declined more than 75%. Heart & Stoke funds research across the four themes defined by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR): Basic Biomedical, Clinical, Health Services/Systems Research, Social, Cultural, Environmental and Population Health Research.
Heart disease, stroke and related conditions take one life every five minutes in Canada and the Heart & Stroke foundation works to empower Canadians to live healthier lives. To tackle these challenges, Heart & Stroke is focusing their efforts on areas where they feel the biggest impact can be made:
◘ Fighting for prevention
◘ Saving lives
◘ Transforming recovery
◘ Investing in life-saving research
“When my mom passed away 5 years ago because of her heart, it opened my eyes to see how vital your heart is to sustain everyday functionality. When I had my kids, I was inflicted with high blood pressure, the weight bearing down on my heart made life very difficult. There were other moments I had scares where my heart wasn’t functioning properly. We all have hearts, we all deserve our hearts to be strong and healthy, no matter what our background is, our backstory, it’s our driving force.”
SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK
*signs can vary and may be different for men and women
SIGNS OF A STROKE
