How Many Americans Get Heart Disease?
According to a new study, only 7.5 percent of Americans do not have risk factors for the development of heart disease, a figure that suggests decades of progress against the condition may be on the wane.
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From Our Experts
African-Americans: Risk Factors for Heart Disease: Part 1
As we discussed in last weeks post, “Why African-Americans Are At Greater Risk of Cardiovascular Disease,” heart disease is the leading... Read more »
Americans Less Likely to Die from Heart Disease
When it comes to Americans and heart disease, it seems like things are beginning to look up. According to new study in the American Journal... Read more »
African American Women at a Higher Risk of Heart Disease: Study
Over the last few weeks we've been looking at heart disease in African-Americans, and I want to keep going with the topic again this... Read more »
Women Should Pay Extra Attention to Heart Disease Prevention
It's Mother's Day weekend and I'm pretty much doing what I normally do. My son had a field trip to Cincinnati on Saturday, so instead of... Read more »
Heart Disease Advocates Urge Congress to Support Heart Disease...
Everywhere I go I see signs. Not a "sign," but literally signs. It's so obviously an election year. Political jargon floods... Read more »
From Our Sources
Heart Disease Will Cost Americans $503 Billion in 2010
Experts with the American Heart Association say heart disease will cost the United States $503 billion in 2010, which is an increase of six percent... Read more »
Saturated Fat Not Linked to Heart Disease: Study
A meta-analysis of 21 studies on 347,747 healthy adults suggests that dietary saturated fat is not linked to cardiovascular disease or stroke. The... Read more »
Fish Oil and Heart Disease
Omega-3 fatty acid is often misnamed an “alternative” or “natural” medication. Penicillin was, of course, derived from a living organism... Read more »
Report : Most Americans don't know heart attack signs
A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that most Americans don't know all the warning signs of a heart... Read more »
Almost Half of American Adults Have Heart Risk Factors, Diabet...
A new survey from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that nearly half of U.S. adults have either high cholesterol,... Read more »
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