Archive for April, 2009

Risk Factors For Heart Disease

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Verlyn Ross asked: This article is written to identify the risk factors for heart disease. If one does not understand what the risk factors are, it is difficult to avoid them. I hope that it is very beneficial to you.Coronary heart disease is to blame for approximately 1.2 million heart ...

Heart Disease: a Primary Factor of Various Heart Problems

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Farzina Naznin asked: Heart disease is a very common disease which is affecting approximately around more than 7% of the population. The most common from of heart disease is known as arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis form of heart disease usually leads to heart attack in the patient. This form of heart disease ...

What are the chances of heart disease given these factors?

Monday, April 13th, 2009

iloveyankees20 asked: Age 19, two pregnancies with preeclampsia (but no other complications and normal deliveries) during which she gained a hundred pounds (now 100 overweight), father had first heart attack at 32 and a bypass at 38 (but was overweight and a heavy smoker), grandmother died of a massive heart ...

Cure to Heart Disease

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

jeniferhobson asked: If some one has heart disease then he or she will have to have some types of heart disease treatment in order to solve the problem. There are various heart disease treatment options that are available today. The first treatment is of course prevention of the disease. However, ...

Diabetes and Heart Disease Linked

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Garey Simmons asked: If you find yourself craving more carbs and more sugars and feeling tired and sluggish, it may be that your body is not converting the starches and sugars into energy. Your bodies cells may be starving.Diabetes and heart disease go hand-in-hand. Diabetic persons are at much greater ...

How can stem cell research help with congenital heart disease? Can research help children already born?

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Darlene J asked: My nephew was born with a hole in his heart and two defective valves. The hole was repaired with surgery. One valve was stretced to do the job. The other defective valve was left alone. The stretched valve will likely have to be ...

Heart Diseases Part V - Heart Diseases—heart Diseases Affecting Heart Valves

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Kyle J. Norton asked: As we mentioned in the previous articles, heart diseases are caused by high blood pressure that contributes to the hardening of the arteries. High levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) build up in the arteries as a result of uncontrolled diet with high levels of saturated fat ...