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Health Encyclopedia: Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors
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Risk Factors
Over 13 million Americans have had angina, a heart attack, or both. Each year, an estimated 1.2 million people will experience a serious heart event. About 25% of all Americans have one or more risk factors for heart disease. Most risk factors for heart disease are related to lifestyle and environmental factors.
Over the past decades, heart disease rates declined in both men and women as they quit smoking and improved dietary habits. This rate, however, has stabilized in recent years,...
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Expert & Community Posts
Is Heart-Healthy Good for the Brain?
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...have been told that keeping these levels in a good ratio, keeping the total below 200,... Read more »
Dietary cholesterol: Does an egg a day bring the doctor today?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...accumulation in arteries and subsequent heart disease. High density lipoproteins (HDL) are the... Read more »
Tips on How to Raise Your HDL
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert...vigorous activity does not have more of an impact, but duration does. The longer you work out... Read more »
Making Sense of Cholesterol Ratios, Lipid Profiles and Your Heart Disease Risk Scores
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert...profile? Now, sometimes your results will include ratios or a risk score. Here's an... Read more »
Testing for Doughnut D1c (and other wishful-thinking assessments)
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert[Humor] We're all familiar with -- or should be familiar with -- the standard lab tests to... Read more »
Health Guide
Menopause: Complications
...image of a cataract.Studies are also indicating that estrogen helps prevent glaucoma and macular degeneration. Click the icon to see an image of glaucoma. Click the icon to see an image of... Read more »Cholesterol and Lipids
...for developing heart disease? To resolve this dilemma, experts have devised a calculation for a risk ratio by dividing the total cholesterol by either total HDL or LDL. It is notclear at this... Read more »Cholesterol, Heart Disease
...andallow blood to flow freely.Lowering LDL is the primary goal of cholesterol drug and lifestyle therapy.High Density Lipoproteins (HDL), the "Good" CholesterolHigh Density Lipoproteins (HDL)... Read more »Heart Attack Risk Factors
...due to hypertension.Very unhealthy cholesterol and lipid balances (high triglyceride levels and lower high density lipoprotein)Blood clotting problemsImpaired nerve function (neuropathy), which... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Risk Factors
Between 8 and 10 million American adults have peripheral artery disease (PAD). Although it was once believed that PAD occurs more often in men than women, current research now indicates... Read more »Images
Find out what your waist-to-hip ratio means for your risk of heart disease.... Read more »
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