PUTRAJAYA, Sept 29 — Heart-related diseases are among the leading causes of death in Malaysia and they contributed 17 per cent of the 18,515 recorded deaths in 2020, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan.

GENEVA, Oct 20 — A new World Health Organisation report on Wednesday warned that almost half a billion people could develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes, or other noncommunicable diseases attributable to physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — The treatment cost burden of heart disease in this county is expected to continue to increase if there are no effective actions taken by stakeholders in controlling and preventing the disease, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

LOS ANGELES, April 23 — Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States (US) in 2021, following heart disease and cancer.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The work from home (WFH) ruling imposed in various sectors during the various phases of movement controls in 2020 and 2021 has led to an “increasing number of people suffering from cardiovascular disease”, according to an expert.