About the book: 2023 / Tamaz Gagloshvili is a cardiologist, gerontologist, healthcare organizer, author of a blog about heart and vascular health Blog_kardiologa. In the book the author talks about the main problems of the 21st century - hypertension and atherosclerosis - and also:• how the cardiovascular system works;• why our heart and blood vessels get sick in general;• how to prevent major diseases;• what are the cardiovascular risk factors;• why is this so? lifestyle is important; • the dangers of self-medication and refusal of therapy; • how to effectively take care of the health of the heart and blood vessels. On these pages, myths about diseases, health, medications and treatment methods are debunked. And most importantly, everyone will find in this book the key to solving their problem, be it an elderly person or a young person, relatively healthy or a survivor of a cardiovascular accident, undergoing treatment or just having received a diagnosis. This is a helper book, a mentor book, a book that will help make the heart and blood vessels as healthy as possible.