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Nearly 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease daily, with an average of one death occurring every 40 seconds. An estimated 7.1 million Americans have experienced a heart attack during their lifetimes. Those who survive a heart attack often go...

By Jacquie Eubanks BSN, RN Here’s a startling fact – 1 in 3 American adults or about 80 million people have high blood pressure (HBP) and many of them don’t know it. Often labeled “the silent killer,” the condition itself has no signs or symptoms and...

Heart disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, is a series of physical conditions of the heart, the arteries and the blood vessels within the scope of the cardiovascular system. It can be an in-born heart condition such as congenital heart disease...

Heart Disease in Women: MedlinePlus   A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Heart Disease in Women Email this page to a friendShare on facebookShare on twitterBookmark & SharePrinter-friendly versionSubscribe...

The “calorie is a calorie” crowd has strongly pushed the “eat less, exercise more” message to millions of Americans over the last 30 years. Not surprisingly, intangible psychological and physical failure followed, often coupled with angst and even self...