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Signs Of Heart Disease In Women

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

What are the Symptoms of Heart Attack in Women?

By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert

...misdiagnosed. True or false: Every year, more women die of heart disease than men. The... Read more »

February Heart Month: Women's War on Stroke

By Cleo Hutton , Health Expert

...long-term care. Not a Woman's Disease? Heart Disease and Stroke kill over 12 times... Read more »

Go Red! Women and Cholesterol

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...hopes of increasing our awareness and education about heart disease, the #1 killer in our... Read more »

Antidepressant Medications and Sudden Cardiac Death

By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...the results of a major, 12 year study on women and heart disease. The study followed 63,000... Read more »

Support Heart Health this February!

By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...done several stories at work on the subject because heart disease and stroke are the number one... Read more »

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Health Guide

Lowering Cholesterol for Patients

...total cholesterol levels can reduce your chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke, or dying of heart disease. If you already had a heart attack, keeping your cholesterol under control is... Read more »

Menopause: Introduction

...state.Menopause is not a disease. However, many conditions are associated with estrogen depletion, including heart disease, osteoporosis, and other complications. Fortunately, effective treatments... Read more »

Hypothyroidism: Complications

...LDL (the so-called bad cholesterol), triglycerides, and other lipids (fat molecules) associated with heart disease. Treating the thyroid condition with thyroid replacement therapy can... Read more »

Stress Test: When are Stress Tests Necessary?

...an unusually high risk for cardiovascular events. If you have already been diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CAD), a stress test may enable the doctor to estimate the severity of the... Read more »

Screen for Heart Disease

...for weight control (Curves), others for faddish body development. Because of the prevalence of heart disease in the United States and the fact that many health-club participants are... Read more »

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