Are you or someone you love at risk for cardiovascular disease? Have you been experiencing chest pain, fatigue, occasional dizziness and are wondering whether these could be signs of heart and artery disease? Quite honestly almost everyone fits into one of these categories and despite recent improvement in both awareness and treatment cardiovascular disease is still the number two cause of death in the United States with heart attacks killing over 150,000 Americans each year.
Risk for cardiovascular disease - Three Factors you cannot change
The most obvious one is age, with most heart attacks occurring after the age of 60 and 83 percent of deaths over the age of 65. Another is gender with men being at greater risk of cardiovascular disease; though after menopause the gap narrows dramatically becoming almost equal by the age of 65. And lastly heredity, with cardiovascular disease tending to run along family lines. Read more >>
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