Brussels, 26/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - On the occasion of the first World Heart Day, celebrated last Sunday, David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health Protection and Consumer Affairs, provided his backing for an initiative that has the merit of raising public awareness as to what they themselves can do to lessen the risk of their succumbing to heart diseases (first cause of mortality in both industrialised and developing countries). The Commissioner declared: "We should all be aware that...