Posts Tagged ‘Heart Disease’

A lot of women are under the impression that the risk of heart disease is higher for men. But it is not so. Women are more vulnerable than men when it comes to heart disease.

Due to this misconception, while having a heart attack, women tend to react differently than men. They tend to delay emergency treatment as they find it hard to believe that they are having a heart attack.

If you are a woman, there are some very important things you should know about heart problems and what you should do in case of an emergency.

Studies show that women, on average, are about ten years older than men when they have a heart attack. What this means is that… Read the rest of this entry »

When your heart can’t pump enough blood throughout your body you can suffer from congestive heart failure.

To avoid the debilitating effects of congestive heart failure is to recognize the warning signs which can include swelling of the legs and ankles called edema, painful fluid buildup and retention in the lungs causing shortness of breath as well as high blood pressure.

As far back as 2002 in the United States there were an estimated 5 million congestive heart failure patients, not to mention that  Read the rest of this entry »