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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
Heart Attack Risk 40 per cent Higher in Anxious Men
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...anger, depression and negative emotions. Additional health-related information was gathered in... Read more »
People Helping People: Health 2.0
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...part of the compelling drive behind the so-called Health 2.0 movement. It is partly defined as... Read more »
Patient Factors that Affect Surgery Outcomes
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...patient and/or can help during recovery)• Good mental health (low stress, lack of depression... Read more »
Obama on Health Care Reform, Part I
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...political conversation among the presidential hopefuls, health care reform remains an enormous... Read more »
Fear of Breast Cancer: Are Women Overreacting?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...here is “relative.” For instance, the Women’s Health Initiative report—the study that... Read more »
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Causes and Risk Factors
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