The news that the actress Elizabeth Taylor, died Wednesday morning of

congestive heart failure

at 79 years shows how the disease is common in the U.S.

Millions of Americans live with congestive heart failure, and 400,000 new diagnoses are made ​​each year. Taylor announced he was struck by this disease in 2004, one in a long line of medical illnesses and setbacks it has suffered during his life. While the Los Angeles

According to a journalist, he has undergone more than 70 diseases, accidents and incidents that require hospitalization, including an appendectomy, an emergency tracheostomy, a perforated esophagus, hysterectomy, dysentery, eye ulcerated and broken disks spine, phlebitis, skin cancer and hip fractures. In 1997, she had a benign brain tumor removed. By its own figures, he nearly died four times.

In 2004, he revealed that he suffered from congestive heart failure and spinal problems that paralyzed his left in constant pain. For most of his life he struggled with alcohol and prescription painkillers.
The news that the actress Elizabeth Taylor, died Wednesday morning of congestive heart failure at 79 years shows how the disease is common in the U.S.

Millions of Americans live with congestive heart failure, and 400,000 new diagnoses are made ​​each year. Taylor announced he was struck by this disease in 2004, one in a long line of medical illnesses and setbacks it has suffered during his life. While the Los Angeles