Features Related to Heart Disease

1. Women and Heart Disease: Key Facts You Need to Know
   

   Which one of the following statements is true?  Each year, heart disease claims the lives of more women then breast cancer and lung cancer combined. A greater percentage of women die within one year of a heart attack than men. The death rate of African-American women due to cardiovascular disease is

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2. Hardened Arteries: It's About More Than Heart Disease
   

   Lots of people worry about atherosclerosis -- or hardening of the arteries -- as a factor in heart disease and stroke. But did you know that diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, a sedentary lifestyle, and obesity are all major risk factors for atherosclerosis? Take the case of Barbie Per

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3. Your Arterial Lifeline
   

   Atherosclerosis is dangerous because it's so stealthy. This process of narrowing and hardening of the arteries occurs over decades, usually without any symptoms. Heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. But diseases caused by

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4. The Post-Quadruple-Bypass Workout
   

   Lynn Swassing was just 48 years old, the mother of two sons in high school and one daughter in college, when she had a heart attack in 1987. She underwent quadruple bypass surgery and was hospitalized for nearly six weeks. Every single day, at some point, the hospital had an exercise specialist at t

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5. Thriving After 2 Heart Attacks
   

   I had my first heart attack 26 years ago, when I was 52. I was very active then, sometimes jogging and often walking long distances. But I was also on the congressional staff in Washington, and the day leading up to the attack was even more hectic than usual. My boss was introducing major legislatio

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6. Heart Health and Your Family History
   

   Most people know that cardiovascular disease can run in families -- that if you have a family history of heart disease, you may be at greater risk for heart attack, stroke, and other heart problems. But how much does family history affect your heart health? What parts of the family tree are most imp

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7. Heart Health Tips From a Top Cardiologist
   

   Your grandmother, father, and cousin may have heart disease, but even with a strongly inherited predisposition to the condition you can cut your risks dramatically by pursuing a heart healthy lifestyle -- and it's easier than you think. Over 800,000 Americans died from heart attacks and other cardia

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8. Hot Summer Days Can Make Sick People Sicker
   

   Most people know that extreme heat can make us sick. But we may think of heat-related illness as something that only affects people who are overdoing it -- like overheated marathon runners, professional athletes, or new recruits doing drills on military bases. But most people who die from heat strok

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9. Do You Know Your Heart Numbers?
   

   Your PIN number, your password. You can't operate without them. Add high blood pressure, cholesterol, and body fat to that list, too. You can't live without those numbers -- literally. High numbers = high odds of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Some risk is inherited. But much is linked to thin

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10. The Health Perils of Gum Disease
    

    The eyes are the windows to the soul, goes the old saying. In the same way, growing research suggests, your mouth may be a kind of window to much of what happens to the rest of your body. How exactly does the mouth reveal and even influence overall health and well-being? First, the condition of the

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