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How You Can Not Catch Heart Disease, Please Suggest

Explain how you can not catch heart disease: My science teacher gave me homework to explain how you cannot catch heart disease. I researched and cannot find anything on it and my homework is due tomorrow ! Many thanks =]
Wed, 16 Dec 2009
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Heart disease is not contagious; therefore, you don't "catch" it. Certain lifestyle and hereditary factors cause heart disease.

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How You Can Not Catch Heart Disease, Please Suggest

Heart disease is not contagious; therefore, you don t catch it. Certain lifestyle and hereditary factors cause heart disease.