Heart Disease KILLS More Women Than All The Cancers COMBINED

Heart Attacks are not just for men, in fact,they are much more likely to survive a heart attack than we are. Most heart attacks are caused by clots, and the diameter of our vessels is smaller. 

Men also tend to develop heart disease over a longer period of time, allowing their bodies to make a greater amount of collateral circulation. Women, typically develop heart disease as they approach middle age.

1/3 of all women do not experience the "hollywood chest pain" that we all seem to associate with heart diease. Most women actually experience flu like symptoms when they are having a heart attack. Keep that in mind when you think something is just not right.

If you experience any of these signs get help immediately!


Pain, pressure, fullness, discomfort in the center of your chest
Stabbing chest pain that radiates to your shoulders, back, arms, jaw
Shortness of breath or pounding heart beats
Nausea or vomiting
Sweating, dizziness, or weakness
Panic with the feeling of impending doom
Upper abdominal pain or gas-like pain

Unexplained pain between your shoulder blades


For more information, please click on these links.  Get the Facts!  The Life You Save May Be Your Own.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

http://www.eventsoftheheart.org/faqs.asp

End Stage Heart Disease - Research and Hope

Congestive Heart Failure - What is it?

5 million Americans suffer from Congestive Heart Failure - more go undetected.

Learn more about this disease, the prevention and treatment, and make lifestyle changes to improve your health and reduce your risk.

Edema ( Water Retention) is not to be taken lightly - if your doctor is not able to reduce it, ask to be referred to a nephrologist - the life you save will be your own.

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Heart Disease, Stroke and You

All Americans should be well versed in basic first aid, CPR, and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) skills. If you are caring for someone over 65, your chances of needing such skills increase dramatically. The good news is that training classes are readily available throughout the United States and there is also a wealth of information online and on video blogs.


The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency to help reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Heart disease continues to be the Number 1 killer of Americans - take time to visit their web site, get educated, enroll in a CPR class, etc.  The life you save could be your loved ones or your own - it is time well spent.

Click here to be taken to the patient portal of the American Heart Association.