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The signs and symptoms of heart disease can be different for women. It’s important to know your cholesterol breakdown, blood pressure, body mass index and blood sugar. Coronary artery disease is the number one killer of US women, claiming the lives of more than a half million women each year. More women die from heart disease than from all types of cancer combined. Cardiovascular disease kills and disables more women than men. All three Scottsdale Healthcare hospitals Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Medical Center, Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center and Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak Hospital are accredited as Certified Chest Pain Centers, recognizing the quality care provided to chest pain patients and collaboration with local emergency medical services. Chest Pain Center designation affirms that Scottsdale Healthcare has coordinated training and care between local emergency medical service providers and the hospitals emergency departments, cardiac cath labs and cardiologists in treating patients with chest pain and heart attacks. Learn more at www.shc.org. To schedule a consultation or Heart Health Evaluation at Scottsdale Healthcare, call 480-323-3663 or email abramini@shc.org.
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Article by Debra Gropp

As a woman, do you really need to worry about heart disease? The answer is a resounding yes! Heart disease is the number one killer of American women. Though it is thought of as a men’s disease, more women than men die of heart disease each year.

Post-reproductive age women are most at risk. However, pre-menopausal women are also at risk for cardiovascular disease if they have cardiac risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, diabetes, elevated cholesterol and family history of premature cardiovascular disease.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEART DISEASE?

Cardiovascular disease can be silent but usually has symptoms. Lack of blood flow to the heart muscle can cause symptoms of chest discomfort, shortness of breath, fatigue and sometimes palpitations and dizziness.

Talking to your doctor about your symptoms, along with good routine follow-up care are necessary first steps to determine if any further evaluation is necessary. Many cardiac risk factors can be controlled, modified or eliminated, including hypertension, diabetes, elevated cholesterol, smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity.

Chest pain has not been perceived to be the best signal that heart disease is really present. Chest pain can have different origins and women can experience uncharacteristic features of cardiac chest discomfort.

If a woman has palpitations (the sensation of fast and/or irregular heartbeat) or other symptoms such as dizziness or shortness of breath, she should inform her doctor. Your doctor can take a careful history and perform a physical exam.

HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS

The three biggest risk factors for cardiovascular disease that can be prevented are:

*Cigarette smoking

*High blood pressure

*High blood cholesterol

Other contributing risk factors that can be present:

*Diabetes, or high blood sugar, raises the risk of coronary heart disease. The risk of death from heart disease is about three times higher in women with diabetes. Diabetic women also are more apt to have high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol.

*The risk of heart attack or stroke is higher for women who both smoke and use high-dose birth control pills (oral contraceptives).

*Excess body weight in women is linked with coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and death from heart-related causes. The more overweight you are, the higher your risk is for heart disease and many other ailments and diseases.

*Studies show that physical inactivity is a risk factor for heart disease. Heart disease is almost twice as likely to develop in inactive people as in those more active.

Just one risk factor will raise your chances of having heart-related problems. The more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to develop cardiovascular diseases.

HOW CAN YOU REDUCE YOUR RISK OF HEART DISEASE?

General recommendations to avoid heart disease:

*Quit smoking

*Cut back on foods high in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol

*Check blood pressure and cholesterol levels

*Get more exercise

*Lose weight if you are overweight

Regular physical activity can help you reduce your risk of coronary heart disease. Being active helps women take off extra pounds, helps to control blood pressure, lessens the need for insulin, and boosts the level of *good* HDL-cholesterol.

CAN DIET AND EXERCISE REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Following a low fat, low-cholesterol diet and a regular exercise plan are excellent health habits for all to follow. They help lower blood pressure and blood sugar. These are all factors that contribute to the development of arteriosclerosis (hardening and blockage of the blood vessels).

Physically active women have a much lower risk of heart disease than sedentary women. Being physically active does not necessarily mean an aggressive exercise regimen. It can be simple activities like daily walking, climbing stairs, gardening etc. Unfortunately, however, many women are physically inactive.

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Debra runs an online business, manages several blogs and writes articles pertaining to internet business, health, nutrition, and weight loss.

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Article by Sander Bel

The heart disease is mostly appear in the men than the women. The heart disease in women can seen on the age of 65 and older. The women causes the most of the disease of breast cancer. The black women are more to have high blood pressure and diabetes than white women. The heart disease have a number of abnormal conditions which affects the heart and the blood vessels in the heart. There are so many causes of heart disease such as depression, blockage of the coronary arteries, stress and so on.

Types of heart diseaseThere are several types of the heart disease which are depend on the heart actions such as the heart does not get enough blood, an artery is completely blocked and the changes in the beat of the heart. The different types of the heart disease are as follows

Coronary artery disease Heart failure Heart arrhythmias What are the heart attack symptoms in women?There are various symptoms are seen in the heart disease but these symptoms are different in men and women.

Neck, shoulder and abdominal discomfort Shortness of breath Chest pain Abnormal heartbeats Sweating How to avoid the heart disease in women? The heart disease in women’s are rarely caused. But when it cause to any women it may have big risk. We have to take prevention for the heart disease in women. They some of the preventions are as follows

Be active To maintain a normal weight Do exercise regularly for 30 minutes. Don’t smoke. Check the diabetes and cholesterol level. To take their doctors prescribed medications properly on time. To maintain a healthy lifestyle To go for the regular check up. What are the treatments for the women heart disease?Now a day there are various treatments such as medicines, supplements and surgery are available and researchers also find for the more advanced treatments for the heart disease. So we can maintain the heart disease. Some of the treatments of the heart disease are as follows

Beta blockers may be useful for women heart disease. The bypass surgery is used for the heart disease. To prevent the heart disease in women some times blood thinners are used. Aspirin can manage the risk factors of the heart condition. Omega-3 fatty acids may be also effective on the women heart disease.

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Sander Bel writes articles for womens health. He also writes for women and beauty and makeup tips.

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Heart Disease and Women — Educational PSA Video. US Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; The Heart Truth; The Heart Truth is a national awareness campaign for women about heart disease, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services. Designed to warn women of their #1 health threat, The Heart Truth created and introduced the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 to deliver an urgent wake-up call to American women. The Red Dress reminds women of the need to protect their heart health, and inspires them to take action. Producer: National Institutes of Health; Keywords: hhs.gov; public_safety. Creative Commons license: Public Domain; Although many people think of heart disease as a man’s problem, women can and do get heart disease. In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. It is also a leading cause of disability among women. The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart itself. This is called coronary artery disease and happens slowly over time. It’s the major reason people have heart attacks. Prevention is important: two-thirds of women who have a heart attack fail to make a full recovery. The older a woman gets, the more likely …

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Heart disease in women is something we all should be aware of and not just women. We can spread the knowledge of the seriousness of the disease to those women that are unaware of the problem of heart disease in women. It’s mostly in recent years that there has been more awareness of this problem.

Surveys conducted by the AHA between 1997 and 2003 showed that awareness of heart disease as the leading cause of death in women rose from 30% in 1997 to 46% in 2003. Awareness in white women (55%) was nearly twice as high as among African-American (30%) and Hispanic (27%) women. Data from the Women Veteran Cohort, age 35 and older, showed 42% of women were concerned about heart disease. Only 8% to 20% were aware that coronary artery disease is the major cause of death for women.

To understand the seriousness of heart disease in women, we need to first look at the facts. According to recent studies, it’s found that more than 8 million American women are currently living with some form of heart disease. In fact, heart disease is the leading cause of death of American women. More women die of heart disease than any other illness each year.

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)According to the most recent study by NHANES in 1999-2004 the prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) shows 15.4% of that heart disease in women in the age group 60-79 years of age and 21.6% of CHD heart disease in women over 79 years with it.

Diagnosed heart attacksIn another ARIC: 1987-2000 study it shows Annual number of American women having diagnosed heart attack as follows: Age 29-44, 10,000 Age 45-64, 88,000 Age 65+ 372,000

Heart disease in women can be diagnosed and treated but the key to staying healthy is prevention. Once a woman finds out that she has heart disease, it may already be too late. Chances are that woman has engaged in several risk factors throughout her lifetime that contributed to her contracting the disease.

Some heart disease risk factorscigarette smokinginactivityhigh cholesterolhigh blood pressurediabetesobesity

Such risk factors as these increase the risk of heart disease in women. Most of these mentioned above can be treated without necessarily resorting to medicine. However diabetes does require medical treatment, usually eating the right foods and other restrictions. High cholesterol and high blood pressure may or may not require medical treatment but you should see your doctor for testing and treatment or recommendations.

Women need to understand that these risk factors need to be avoided as much as possible because they are so susceptible to the disease. Heart disease in women doesn’t need to be as much of an epidemic it has become. With just a few lifestyle changes, all women can once more live long and healthy lives without the risk for heart disease.

Of course, there are other risk factors that increase the risk for heart disease in women that can’t be helped. These risk factors include age, heredity, the effects of menopause, etc. By knowing this, women should arm themselves with as much information as they can so that they can know just what they are dealing with.

Estimated lifetime cost of CHDFor women with non-obstructive CHD enrolled in the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study of the NHLBI, the average lifetime cost estimate was about 0 000 and ranged from .0 to .1 million for women with 1-vessel to 3-vessel CHD.

Previous symptoms may be absentHeart disease in women doesn’t need to have such a high morality rate. On the basis of data from the FHS of the NHLBI 64% of women who died suddenly of CHD had no previous symptoms of this disease. This makes it important to be concerned about your heart health, since you may or may not know you have a heart disease problem.

Lifestyle changes can helpBy adopting a few lifestyle changes such as getting more exercise, eating right, quitting smoking and reducing stress levels, women can drastically reduce the propensity for heart disease. This is important not only for heart disease but for other diseases as well.

Heart disease in women does claim many lives each and every year but the disease can be manageable and preventable if detected early enough. Women need to study and learn as much as they can. They need to be educated. Not many women know that they have a good probability of getting the disease. By understanding and knowing this, women will have a step up on this horrible disease and, maybe one day, heart disease in women will be a thing of the past.

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Even though the obesity rates in women have leveled off in the last ten years, at about 60%, overweight and obese women face increased health risks that are critical to address, and focusing on significant weight loss is the best way to quickly reduce risk. Weight loss is particularly important for women who tend to carry extra weight on their belly, in the typical “apple shape,” because those are the women at the highest level of risk because of the way their bodies store fat encourage a disproportionate release of hormones that contribute to bad health.

Women who are overweight are at an increased risk of high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, and cancer. Recent studies have determined that the excess fat stored on a woman’s body also triggers hormonal imbalances that can lead to infertility, polycystic ovarian syndrome, irregular menstrual cycles, migraines, and exacerbated PMS and PMDD. Using hCG is a very effective treatment for weight loss in women when standard protocols, including a very low calorie diet and regular stretching exercise of 15 minutes per day or less, are combined with the injections.

Weight loss is the number one way to reduce the risk of cancer, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes and hCG weight loss is a safe and fast way to regain control of your health. Often, patients who lose weight are able to stop taking high blood pressure and diabetes medicines and can reduce blood pressure to a health level. As well, hCG protects your lean muscle mass while encouraging your body to release fat stores, making it possible to actually increase lean muscle through weight lifting and aerobic exercise after losing fat, resulting in a significant and rapid transformation of the body. As lean muscle mass increases, the resting metabolic rate also improves, making it possible for your body to burn more calories while at rest.

Because the hCG injections control your body’s response to the lower calories, you do not feel as hungry or weak when significantly reducing your intake of food. And because of the release of such a significant amount of stored fat, your body typically adjusts very quickly to less calories because there are so many released stores of calories your body has available. When you have finished the protocol, your hypothalamus is able to reset and will continue to promote less fat storage, making it possible for you to maintain your weight loss with a healthy diet and regular exercise.

Women who are overweight and want to lose weight as quickly as possible without enduring the risks associated with invasive surgeries should consider hCG weight loss as an alternative. The injections are done with a fine needle and cause virtually no pain, and the results can achieve with hCG weight loss are significant and dramatic. Most women report losses of at least up to one pound per day without feeling tired or hungry, and as the weight loss continues, it becomes easier and easier to stretch more, eat less, and make significant changes to your lifestyle that promote continued health.

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Terramed Alliance News Women who regularly consume low to moderate amounts of alcohol have an increased risk of cancers of the upper digestive tract, rectum, liver, and breast when compared with women who do not drink, according to the results of a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The best “treatment” for cancer is to prevent it from occurring. Research is ongoing to evaluate environmental and lifestyle factors that may be associated with an increased incidence of cancer. Identifying such risk factors may allow individuals to modify lifestyle choices in order to reduce their risk of developing cancer.The Million Women Study in the United Kingdom involved over 1.3 million middle-aged women who responded to a questionnaire regarding sociodemographic and personal information, including alcohol consumption. These women were followed for several years in an effort to determine how reproductive and lifestyle factors affect women’s health.The current study used the data from just over 1.2 million of the women in the Million Women Study, excluding some women based on pre-existing cancers or because pertinent information was excluded on the questionnaire. About one-quarter of the cohort reported drinking no alcohol. Of the remaining women who reported consuming alcohol, 98% consumed fewer than 21 drinks per week, with the average being one drink per day. (Fewer than three drinks per day is considered low to moderate alcohol consumption.)The women were followed for an average of 7.2 years, during which 68,775 invasive cancers occurred. Increased alcohol consumption was associated with increased risks of some cancers. With each additional drink consumed per day, the risk of breast cancer increased by 11%, oral cavity/pharynx cancer by 29%, esophageal cancer by 22%, larynx cancer by 44%, liver cancer by 24%, and total cancer by 6%.The researchers concluded that low to moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of certain cancers. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2009Terramed Alliance is a non-profit charity organization dedicated to research, education and advocacy of breast cancer. One of the vision of Terramed Alliance is to provide this community and Internet users with a charity based research and education entity. Advocacy of breast cancer through education is vital to the reduction of this disease. For any requests and enquiries, please contact at us: cancer@terramedalliance.us http://www.terramedalliance.us

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Did you know about 1 in every eight women in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime? Women of all ages including younger women are vulnerable to cancer though the degree of risk does increase with age. Women with different lifestyle habits and from all walks of life and nationalities develop cancer. Women with breast cancer can be fit or overweight, vegetarians or meat-eaters, regular exercisers or those not as diligent about exercising. Though a woman’s risk of cancer almost doubles if a close relative, such as a mother, sister or daughter, has had breast cancer only about 20%-30% of women diagnosed have a family history of breast .

The EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women is dedicated to the fight against women’s cancers which includes breast, uterine, ovary, vulva and vaginal cancers, by raising money for research, support and finding a cure for all women’s cancers. More than 273,000 new cases of women’s cancers will be diagnosed this year in the U.S.

If you are among those 1 in 8 women to hear the words, “You have cancer,” you probably will experience a wide range of emotions, including shock, fear, stress, anger or numbness. You will learn an entire new vocabulary of medical terms. In addition to worrying about your test results, you are probably anticipating treatments and wondering where you will find support during this difficult time. If you are currently battling cancer, support groups can help the cancer patients and survivors lead healthy happy lives and provide family members and friends with cancer information and support.

Whether you are newly diagnosed with cancer, in treatment, recently completed treatment, or are a breast cancer survivor, the EIF Revlon Walk/Run for Women is here to increase awareness, education, research, and diagnostic treatment services in the fight against women’s cancers.

The EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women salutes the many cancer survivors who join us in the fight against women’s cancers and raising cancer awareness. Our survivors inspire us to continue through their hope, courage and strength.

In proud support of the many cancer survivors who will be joining us on April 30th in New York and May 7th in Los Angeles, we invite all survivors to pick up a special Survivor Cap from the EIF Survivors Tent in Times Square or Central Park in New York or at the Survivor booth located in the Health Expo in Los Angeles.

As a support organization, the ultimate goal of the EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women is to improve your quality of life and help take an active role in awareness and education of breast cancer and other women’s cancers as well as funding research and treatments. With your help we can fight women’s cancers and eradicate them so no other wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, friend has to endure cancer. Sign up for the Revlon Run/Walk for Women and/or donate to the fight against women’s cancer.

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