International holidays - World Hypertension Day
Celebrated on 17 MayPhysical inactivity, poor diet, severe nervous tension, smoking, excess weight, alcohol abuse and high cholesterol levels contribute to increased blood pressure.
Over time, this leads to hypertension, which is diagnosed in 1.8 billion people, i.e. Every third person on the planet suffers from it.
Other holidays on 17 May
- UN Holidays - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- International holidays - Internet Birthday (World Wide Web Standards Approval Day)
- Russian Holidays - Pulmonologist Day
- Baha'i Holidays - Feast of the Nineteenth Day of the Month of Azamat
- According to the folk calendar - Pelageya the Intercessor, Baklushnik Day
- Norway Holidays - Constitution Day (Grunnlovsdag)
- Memorial Day of the Martyr Pelagia, the Virgin of Tarsus
- Feast of the Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God