Wednesday, February 22, 2012

 

Just about all Americans, including African Americans, are at risk for heart disease. Fortunately, there are a number of steps you can take to reduce your risk, including knowing your risk factors and improving the ones, such as being overweight or having high blood pressure, that you can change. The information here can help you get started toward better heart health.

 

Heart Disease 101



This article examines the relationship bewteen heart disease, stroke and african americans 
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What a Woman Feels With a Heart Attack


The Make the Call. Don't Miss a Beat. campaign is a national public education campaign that aims to educate, engage, and empower women and their families to learn the seven most common symptoms of a heart attack and encourage them to call 9-1-1 as soon as those symptoms arise.
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Cholesterol Signs and Symptoms


A healthy diet can help keep blood cholesterol levels down. Avoid saturated fat, trans fats, and dietary cholesterol, which tend to raise cholesterol levels. Other types of fats, such as monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, can actually lower blood cholesterol levels. Eating fiber can also help lower cholesterol.
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What You Need to Know About High Blood Pressure


Blood pressure is written as two numbers. The first (systolic) number represents the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart beats. The second (diastolic) number represents the pressure in your vessels when your heart rests between beats.
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Know The Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack


If the blood supply to the heart is cut off, a heart attack results. Cells in the heart muscle that do not receive enough oxygen-carrying blood begin to die. The more time that passes without treatment to restore blood flow, the greater the damage to the heart. Having high blood pressure or high blood cholesterol, smoking, and having had a previous heart attack, stroke or diabetes can increase a person's chances of developing heart disease and having a heart attack.
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Women and Heart Disease


Since 1998, CDC has funded state health departments' efforts to reduce the number of people with heart disease or stroke. Health departments in 41 states and the District of Columbia currently receive funding. The program stresses policy and education to promote heart-healthy and stroke-free living and working conditions.
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Heart Disease Facts


Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people of most ethnicities in the United States, including African Americans, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Hispanics, and whites.
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Stand By Your Man - What To Know About heart Disease


In the United States, heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women. Often, though, people don’t know they are at risk for heart problems.
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About Heart Disease


Blood pressure is the force of blood against your artery walls as it circulates through your body.
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What You Can Do To Manage Salt


What You Can Do To Manage Salt
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What Is Cholesterol?


What Is Cholesterol?
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