Ask the Nutritionist: Heart disease runs in my family. My father died of a heart attack at a young age, what can I do to prevent the same from happening to me?
Nutritionist Heather Reese: Several factors increase your risk of heart disease including smoking, inactivity, obesity and a poor diet. Cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the United States. Cigarette smoking alone increases your risk of heart disease by raising blood pressure, cholesterol and the...
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Obesity reduces risk of dying after a heart attack
In what doctors admit is a paradox, new research suggests that people who are overweight have half the risk of dying after a heart attack than... Read more »
Women more likely to die in the month after a heart attack
Researchers have found that women are more likely to die in the 30 days after suffering a heart attack, though they do not believe gender is itself... Read more »
Heart rate may predict heart attack risk: study
French researchers have found that a mental stress-related increase in heart rate before exercise appears to be associated with an increased risk of... Read more »
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Heart attack
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A heart attack is when blood vessels that supply blood to the heart are blocked, preventing enough oxygen from getting to the heart. The heart muscle... Read more »
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