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Reducing your risk for heart disease

We can greatly reduce our risk of developing many types of heart disease by changing our behavior. Here are methods for lowering our chances of developing heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular disorders.
  1. Assess Your Risk (6)
  2. Cardiac Risk Factors (133)
  3. How to Lower Your Risk (4)

Stress and Heart Disease
How and when stress contributes to heart disease.

Endocarditis Prophylaxis
A review of recommendations for prophylaxis against bacterial endocarditis.

Stress and Heart Attacks - When Does Stress Cause Heart Attacks
Sometimes emotional stress can worsen or even trigger acute cardiac crises.

Preventing Stress-Related Heart Problems
How to prevent stress-related heart disease.

Can Diabetes Be Prevented in Older People?
Diabetes in older people can be prevented by making wise lifestyle choices.

How Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?
How stress can contribute to heart disease.

The Swine Flu and Heart Disease
People with heart disease are at greater risk with H1N1 (swine) flu.

More Evidence that Risk Factor Modification Works For Coronary Artery Disease
Aggressive lowering of cholesterol and management of blood pressure can arrest coronary artery disease.

Oral Hygiene and Heart Disease
Good oral hygiene — flossing and regular teeth cleaning — can help to prevent heart disease.

Preventing Heart Disease
Preventing heart disease

Flu Shots Prevent Cardiac Death
Flu shots reduce the risk of death in heart patients,

Is Being A Little Overweight Really OK? The BMI Controversy
Is having a slightly elevated BMI score OK?

Saturated Fat Blocks Beneficial Effects of HDL
A single meal high in saturated fats blocks protective effect of HDL

Five Lifestyle Choices that Save Lives
Five healthy habits can substantially reduce your cardiovascular risk.

Secret Cardiology
Stuff even cardiologists don't know about, or if they do, won't say

Job Stress and Heart Risk
Low ranking, low-control jobs may increase cardiac risk

Cardiology 101
Basic information on heart disease and cardiology

Do all NSAIDs Increase Cardiac Risk?
New evidence that all NSAIDs (and not just the COX-2 drugs) increase cardiac risk

How Good is Your Hospital?
A government website comparing the quality of hospitals

Whose is Bigger (Heart Disease vs Cancer)
AHA and ACS square off over whose disease kills more Americans

The 9 Factors that Predict Heart Attack
90% of heart attacks are determined by nine modifiable risk factors

Should I take Vitamin D for the heart
A discussion of vitamin D and heart disease.

AHA Advisory - Forget Antioxidant Supplements
AHA says antioxidant supplements are not useful

Do I need to see a cardiologist?
A brief review of when one might need to see a cardiologist.

Cardiovascular fitness
What is cardiovascular fitness? Here's an explanation.

Antidepressants in heart disease
Antidepressants in patients with heart disease

ADHD and heart problems
A brief review of treating ADHD in kids with heart disease.

Cold weather and heart disease
A brief discussion of precautions one with heart disease should take during cold weather

Pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes and heart disease
A brief review of pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes and heart disease

heart attacks run in my family - am I next?
Here is a brief discussion of genetics and heart disease.

Why snorers should be tested for heart disease
Snoring and heart disease

Retinopathy and heart disease
A brief discussion of the association between retinopathy and heart diseasae

Cardiac complications after stroke
A brief discussion of cardiac complications following stroke.

Walking and heart disease
Walking can help prevent heart disease

Will weight loss surgery help heart disease?
The relationship between bariatric surgery and heart disease.

Smoking and heart disease
Smoking and heart disease

Secondhand smoke and heart disease
Secondhand smoke and heart disease

Light smoking and heart disease
Light smoking and heart disease

magnesium and atherosclerosis
magnesium and atherosclerosis

Exercise and heart disease
Exercise and heart disease

Pneumonia vaccine and the heart
Pneumonia vaccine and the heart

Heart Disease and Heat Waves
A heat wave can be particularly dangerous if you have heart disease.

Assess Your Risk of Heart Disease
One key to long, healthy life is to assess your risk of heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in developed countries. Fortunately, there's a lot you can do to avoid heart disease. An important first step is to assess your own personal risk for heart disease. These articles will help you with that initial risk assessment. Once you decide what changes you need…

How To Keep Your Heart Healthy
Here are several lifestyle choices that can substantially reduce your risk of heart disease and keep your heart healthy.

How Does Bereavement Increase Cardiac Risk?
Bereavement when a loved one dies can increase your risk of having a heart attack.

Coffee and Heart Disease
Drinking one to four cups of coffee per day appears generally safe for cardiovascular health.

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