September 26, 2007
- Heart Disease and Sleep
Do you get enough sleep every night? Do you get too much sleep every night?
Research Links Heart Disease and Sleep Time
Researchers warned recently (September 2007) that those who don’t get enough sleep might nearly double the risk of death from heart disease. Actually, they warned that you nearly double risks of death by heart disease [...]
June 8, 2007
- Heart Disease - How Do You Get It?
How do you get heart disease? It is one of the top reasons for death around the world - especially coronary heart disease. It causes lost work time, and inhibits daily activity for millions.
What percentage of the population has heart disease? Statistics vary, dependent on who is giving them and how they are calculated. However, [...]
May 18, 2007
- Heart Disease and Obesity
Men and women who carry too much WEIGHT for their body’s frame are at risk for coronary heart disease just because of the excess WEIGHT. Many physicians and other medical experts once thought that heart disease and obesity were related only indirectly. They looked at other risk factors, and related them to the person’s degree [...]
May 11, 2007
- Heart Disease and Stress
When asked to name the causes of heart disease, most physicians and other medical personnel will name, instead, the risk factors for heart disease. Age, cholesterol, diabetes, gender, heredity, hypertension, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and smoking are all named. While these are not termed “causes” of heart disease, they are contributing factors.
Stress is potentially another contributing [...]
April 16, 2007
- Heart Disease and Smoking
Anyone who has heard about heart disease has undoubtedly heard of the connection between heart disease and smoking. Those who smoke are at major risk for heart disease. Cigarette smoking is a contributing cause to many kinds of heart disease.
Heart Disease and Cigarette Smoking
Ongoing research regarding heart disease and smoking often adds to the long [...]
March 26, 2007
- Congenital Heart Disease - Causes
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the heart diseases that is not caused by lifestyle. Rather, congenital heart disease is a problem in the heart’s structure and the way it works, caused by abnormal development before birth. Anything that is “congenital” is present at birth. However, although congenital heart disease is actually present at [...]
March 17, 2007
- Coronary Heart Disease - Causes
If you or someone you know has coronary heart disease, the question may arise as to what caused it in the first place. The person never seemed sick. Perhaps they were healthy to outward appearances. They may have engaged in an occasional game of an active sport. They may look absolutely healthy, and yet suddenly, [...]
