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Heart Disease

Heart Disease Fatality Rate Higher In Women

As the late, great James Brown sadly sang, “It’s a man’s world,” and especially so in terms of heart disease fatality rates. Studies in the mid 1990’s and early 2000’s have shown that although women contract heart disease less than men, they are more at risk of dying from it once the heart disease [...]

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Heart Disease Facts For Dogs And Their Owners

The first heart disease fact that dogs and their owners need to know is that dogs are just as prone to getting heart disease as people are. In fact, dogs and people share over 400 ailments and illnesses. Perhaps the saying, “lucky dog” should be modified. Like people dogs can be born [...]

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Heart Disease And Nutrition: How Are The Two Interrelated?

Whenever you hear the word “heart disease”, there would always be nutrition next to it. More often than not, the two are talked about in correlation with one another. What could be the reason why heart disease and nutrition are two interrelated terms? Well, the answer to that is apparently obvious – whenever a person [...]

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Is There A Connection Between Heart Disease And Fast Food?

There is a definite and sobering connection between developing heart disease and fast food. This does not mean that eating one burger will automatically give you a heart attack, but eating one burger or more a week (or day!) will. There is nothing inherently evil in fast food, but overindulging in it has [...]

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Heart Disease and Diabetes – Two Interrelated Terms

Heart disease and diabetes commonly occur together. When you are afflicted with diabetes, then complications resulting in heart damage are most likely to occur. It is almost inevitable to have heart disease when you are sick of diabetes; this why we should offer palliative support to the latter in order to prevent any heart disease [...]

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What Causes Heart Disease?

Millions of Americans suffer from it, but what really causes heart disease? There is almost as many myths and misinformation about the cause of heart disease as there are actual causes. Everything from fatty foods, to high cholesterol, to lack of exercise is included in the list of causes, but what truly belongs [...]

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What Causes Congenital Heart Disease? We Don’t Know

With a name like “congenital”, you could be forgiven wondering if strange genitalia is what causes congenital heart disease. You might even think that bad luck in the genetic lottery is what causes congenital heart disease. Actually, we really don’t have a definite answer as to why some people get this disease and [...]

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What You Need To Know About Vitamin E And Heart Disease

One of the reasons our species is so successful is because we look for shortcuts in getting any kind of job done. Unfortunately, we also look for shortcuts when it comes to out health, such as thinking that if you take Vitamin E and heart disease will never hammer you. Just take a [...]

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Eat A Balanced Diet And Heart Disease Is History

The best way to not get heart disease is to eat a balanced and varied low-fat diet, exercise regularly and do not smoke. If you never exercising, smoke like a chimney and think beer and Twinkies make up a balanced diet, and heart disease will come calling. Heart disease is not a lot [...]

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