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February 2013: Are You Heart Healthy?
With a little effort, anyone can improve the health of their heart and live a longer and more active life. Most people know that weight is often associated with overall health, but many people don’t realize how important maintaining a normal weight really is to achieving and holding on to good health.
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February 2012: The New Face of Heart Disease
Over the years, the face of heart attacks—medically known as myocardial infarctions—has become the middle-aged male, overweight, stressed out and generally unhealthy. His symptoms include severe pain in the chest and tingling in the arms. But heart attack symptoms and their victims are far more varied than that.
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Heart Attack Symptoms: Women vs. Men
It's a sobering statistic: 60 million Americans are living with heart disease. More women will die from it than men each year, and studies shows it’s because many women miss the symptoms of a heart attack. Researchers found many women under age 55 expect the warnings signs to be what we’ve heard for years—tightening of the chest and shortness of breath. But those are the signs men often experience; many times, heart attacks manifest themselves very differently in women.
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February 2011: Recognizing and Preventing Heart Attacks
Heart attacks occur most often as a result of a condition called Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). With CAD plaque, a fatty material, builds up over many years on the inside walls of the coronary arteries. Eventually, an area of plaque can rupture, causing a blood clot to form on the surface of the plaque. If the clot is large enough, it can mostly or completely block the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the part of the heart muscle fed by the artery.
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Show Your Heart Some Love: Tips for Maintaining Heart Health in Your Golden Years
Nearly 60 million Americans live with heart disease in one form or another. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in both men and women; in fact, women are more likely to die from heart disease than men. Older individuals with heart disease have the highest risk of poor outcomes.
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