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Monday, October, 26, 2009

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Health Encyclopedia: Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

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

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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 »

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Is Heart-Healthy Good for the Brain?
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

  Gloom and doom over the "tsunami" of baby boomers that is going to overwhelm everything from... Read more »

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So, How Many Pills Do YOU Take?
By HeartHawk , Health Expert

Talk about getting old! Each and every day I take 14 different drugs and supplements for a total of... Read more »

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Weighing In: Should my husband take a calcium supplement?
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

My doctor put me on a calcium supplement when I started going through menopause. I’m wondering if... Read more »

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Worrisome Calcium Study
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert

...Auckland (New Zealand) University study has linked calcium supplements to an increased risk of... Read more »

Health Guide

Information on Keeping a Heart healthy Diet: unsaturated fats, low fat diets
Heart-Healthy Goals. The goals of a heart-healthy diet are to eat foods that help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol and fatty molecules called lipids. You can achieve 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 healthy Dietary Changes: low carb diet, low fat diet, weight loss
Dietary ChangesLow Carbohydrate DietsThe Atkins diet restricts healthful complex carbohydrates in vegetables and particularly in fruits that are known to protect against heart disease. The Atkins... 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 »
Diabetes Diet: Major Food Components in a healthy diabetic diet
...their diets, adding potassium-rich foods might help to restore a healthy balance.Other MineralsCalcium. Calcium supplements may be important in older patients with diabetes to help reduce the risk... Read more »

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Benefits of Calcium - Bones and Teeth

Calcium requires adequate vitamin D in order to be absorbed by the body.... Read more »

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