This is a bit off topic, but I thought that with all the additional stress this administration is creating, people need all the help they can get...


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Heart Disease: Profile of a Killer
28/04/2005 12:00:03 AM

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Here are the facts behind heart disease, including symptoms and some of the risk factors you can control.


by Gilda Swartz, Heatlh and Wellness Associate Editor for Canadian Living Magazine (balancetv.ca)



Here are the facts behind heart disease, including symptoms and some of the risk factors you can control.
More women than men die of cardiovascular disease. That fact comes as a big surprise to most of us who think that heart disease is the leading cause of death for men but that it rarely affects women. Instead, we think the most common cause of death for women is breast cancer.

The reality, says Dr. Leonard Sternberg, director of the division of cardiology at the Women's College Campus and director of the women's cardiovascular health initiative at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, is that 43 per cent of women die of cardiovascular disease, while 27 per cent die of all cancers, including breast cancer.

Here are some facts that may surprise you. Being aware of the symptoms and risk factors could save your life.

Have You Experienced These Symptoms?

Sudden pain or discomfort in the chest on exertion.
Nonspecific pain in the chest that may include the neck, jaw or shoulders.
Shortness of breath on exertion.
Heartburn or indigestion.
Nausea and/or vomiting.
Sweating or cool, clammy skin (men are more likely to report sweating than nausea).
Unidentifiable anxiety.

Risk Factors That You Can Control

Smoking or exposure to cigarette smoke quadruples your risk of developing heart disease.
Being overweight increases your risk of a heart attack by three or four times.
Being inactive doubles your risk of developing heart disease.
Stress may increase your cholesterol and blood pressure, two of the most common risk factors.

Risk Factors That You Can't Always Control

Menopause. Postmenopausal women are at four times the risk of suffering from heart disease.
Genes. Women who have a close blood relative (parent, sibling or child) who developed heart disease before age 65 are at greater risk.
Diabetes.
High cholesterol.
High blood pressure.



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thanks ulrika


Hoping that is all they cause us.

This is worthwhile post, Ulrika- thanks.

Now that I find myself at high risk.......

(tell Stephen it is Bush's fault )

The ignore button here can be good preventative medicine

[quote=ulrika,May 4 2005, 12:51 PM]
This is a bit off topic, but I thought that with all the additional stress this administration is creating, people need all the help they can get...
http://lifestyle.sympatico.msn.ca/BodyandM...detect=&abc=abc
Heart Disease: Profile of a Killer
28/04/2005 12:00:03 AM


Have You Experienced These Symptoms?

Sudden pain or discomfort in the chest on exertion.
Nonspecific pain in the chest that may include the neck, jaw or shoulders.
Shortness of breath on exertion.
Heartburn or indigestion.
Nausea and/or vomiting.
Sweating or cool, clammy skin (men are more likely to report sweating than nausea).
Unidentifiable anxiety.
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I do not wish to underestimate Heart Disease as I have a Rheumatic Heart but this was too good and so fitting
Sudden Pain or discofort in the chest when watching GWB
Nonspecific pain in the chest when listening to CONDI RICE
Shortness of breath when wondering why Cheney is so quite and what he is up to(scary man)
Hearburn or indigestion can be brought on with a helping of Delay.
Nauseau or vomiting associated with FRIST.
Sweating or clammy when I think of BOLTEN
Uidentifiable anxiety when I think what the nuclear option will create of the Federal Judicial and Supreme Court.

Heart Attatck after the nuclear option and homeland security lead us down the path of complete control by GOP goverment. (GOP wants absolute power)