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Hearing the word heart disease, most people think of only one condition. However, heart disease is indeed a very broad term which depicts different heart conditions. More...
Heart Diseases And Cholesterol
We need cholesterol in our body because it is one of the components of our nerve tissue and spinal cord. It actually helps fabricate new tissues, isolate nerves and generate hormones. Aside from the cholesterol that is produced by the liver in our body, we got this from the food we eat such as meat, milk and eggs. More...
It is very important for us to be aware of the facts about heart disease even if we don’t have any. The main cause of heart disease is the thickening of the coronary artery wall. Once it was narrowed, it regulates the amount of blood to the heart and worst scenario it blocks the blood all the way. We all know that blood is very necessary because it supplies oxygen to the heart. More...
Heart disease is an ailment affecting the heart. It is also known as cardiopathy or cardiac disease. Coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, ischemic heart disease, heart rhythm disorders, tachycardia, heart murmurs, rheumatic heart disease, pulmonary heart disease and hypertensive heart disease are among the most common types of heart diseases. More...
Statistics show that one people died every 33 minutes because of heart disease and babies could be one of them.It is indeed very alarming and frightening if your child has a heart disease. There are several types of heart disease that could manifest in your baby. More...
Heart disease is caused by a lot of factors. Knowing that it is the leading cause of death especially in the United States, it is important to know its primary causes. There are two categories of risk factors that are causes of heart disease namely: major risk factors and contributing risk factors.More...
The following are common symptoms of heart disease that are also mentioned in various sources. These are angina, shortness of breath, indigestion, palpitations, chest pain, arrhythmias, light-headedness and fainting.These are angina, shortness of breath, indigestion, palpitations, chest pain, arrhythmias, light-headedness and fainting.More...
Many people thought that smoking only gives breathing problems and lung cancer. However, it is also one of the main causes of heart disease. The more people smoke, the higher their risk of heart disease is. Women who also smoke and are taking birth control pills at the same time have big possibilities of suffering heart attack, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. More...
Heart disease is the number one life taker of women in the United States and the main cause of disability among women as well. Women think that cancer is more threatening compared to heart disease but they are wrong. Studies show that more women died because of heart disease in comparison to the number of those who have AIDS and cancer combined. More...
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