Heart Disease Risk

Heart Disease Risk Is Underestimated, Researchers Say

| Posted 03.27.2012

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By Katherine Harmon (Click here for the original article) Heart disease is the leading killer in the U.S., and more than 27 million Americans curr...

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Catherine Pearson

Diet vs. Exercise: Which Lowers Death Risk More?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.05.2011

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We've all heard it before: In order to maintain a healthy heart and decrease your risk of dying from cardiovascular issues, it's all about working out...

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Atherosclerosis Can Also Affect The Young And Healthy, Study Shows

The Huffington Post | Amanda Chan | Posted 12.25.2011

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Think being young, healthy and without a family history of heart disease means your heart is in good shape? You may want to think again. A small...

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WATCH: Simple Lifestyle Changes To Slash Heart Disease Risk

Posted 08.09.2011

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Coronary heart disease is a modern epidemic, ranking as a leading cause of death among both men and women -- and it, perhaps unsurprisingly, is a symp...

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Waist Size Predicts Heart Disease Better Than Weight

Health.com | Anne Harding | Posted 07.08.2011

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Doctors have long known that obesity increases a person's risk of heart disease, but in recent years the picture has grown more complicated. Se...

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We Do Have to Fear "Fear Itself" -- Too Much and Too Little!

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Ropeik

Risks that involve more pain and suffering, like cancer, scare us more than greater actual perils, like heart disease, which don't kill in as-nasty ways.

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