Harold is energetic and highly motivated. His heart scan score of 997 really threw him for a loop: his view of himself as a healthy, slender, 58-year old clearly needed some revision. (A heart scan score, or coronary calcium score, this high is in the worst 1% of men in Harold's age group and predicts a heart attack risk of between 15-25% per year if no preventive action is taken.)
So Harold set himself on a quest to find new ways to help him deal with his heart disease risk. He sought out...
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