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( Cardiovascular disease)
Cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular diseases is the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels (arteries and veins). [1] While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system (as used in MeSH), it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis (arterial disease). These conditions have similar causes, mechanisms, and treatments. In practice, cardiovascular disease is treated by cardiologists, thoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons, neurologists, and interventional radiologists, depending on the organ system that is being treated. There is considerable overlap in the specialties, and it is common for certain procedures to be performed by different types of specialists in the same hospital. Most countries face high and increasing rates of cardiovascular disease. Each year, heart disease kills more Americans than cancer.[2] It is the number one cause of death and disability in the United States and most European countries (data available through 2005). A large histological study (PDAY) showed vascular injury accumulates from adolescence, making primary prevention efforts necessary from childhood.[3][4] By the time that heart problems are detected, the underlying cause (atherosclerosis) is usually quite advanced, having progressed for decades. There is therefore increased emphasis on preventing atherosclerosis by modifying risk factors, such as healthy eating, exercise and avoidance of smoking.
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Nutrition and the Effects of Cigarette Smoking by Desmond Newman
Cigarette smoking is considered by many medical professionals as a dreaded habit because of the health conditions that may be developed by engaging this activity. It is has been strongly linked to health conditions like heart disease, emphysema, lung...
Peripheral Artery Disease Facts by altruist jone
PAD is a really serious illness, since it can cause amputation of the extremities, rupture of an aortic aneurysm, severe hypertension, kidney failure, but also heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death.Peripheral arterial disease has, as its pri...
Your Heart - Managing Your Mouth Helps Manage Your Heart by P., Piero D.D.S.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims the life of one American every 37 seconds according to the American Heart Association’s 2009 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update.
CVD includes an assortment of diseases that are often used (or misused) in r...
Herbal Treatment For Heart Disease - Nature Has The Cure Even For The Otherwise Incurable Diseases by Alen Caller
Herbal treatment for heart disease is not a new concept. People have been using herbs for hundreds of years to treat many chronic diseases, including the cardiovascular ones. Herbs were used to prevent and treat almost every disease long before th...
High Cholesterol Treatment by David Cowley
More that a million Americans die of heart disease each year. One of the major causes of this heart disease the high cholesterol levels in the blood. Cholesterol plays a central role in many biochemical processes, but is best known for the associat...
Cardiovascular Treatment by David Cowley
Except pulmonary arteries, all Arteries bring oxygenated blood to the tissues and except pulmonary veins, all Veins bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart. Blood passes into the lungs where Oxygen is pickup and CO2 is expelled. The Blood then t...
Keeping Your Heart Its Healthiest with Good Nutrition by Cole Carson
It’s no secret that, in the United States, nothing is responsible for more total deaths than cardiovascular disease, and the subject of heart health has grown continually more popular. Luckily, it isn’t very difficult to get started on improving ou...
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