May 17, 2021
Let Me Ask You Something, Anna Williams
This week we talk to Anna Williams, a heart disease survivor. She was first diagnosed with heart disease, which runs in her family, at 24 years old. Then a little more than a decade later, in 2018, she nearly died. And in 2019. And in 2020.
She's truly a miracle.
Help Anna make an impact with the American Heart Association of Georgia. Support Anna's team in the inaugural 2021 Woman of Impact campaign for the American Heart Association of Georgia. Here's the link: http://www2.heart.org/goto/annasimpact
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Facts about heart disease (source: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm)
* Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States.1
* One person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.
* About 655,000 Americans die from heart disease each year—that’s 1 in every 4 deaths.
* Heart disease costs the United States about $219 billion each year from 201…