by Karen | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorised
Heart Attack What is a heart attack? The clinical name for a heart attack is a myocardial infarction. Your heart is a muscle and in order to operate it needs a blood supply. The blood supply to the heart muscle comes through the coronary arteries. These are the red...
by Karen | Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
Stress and Heart Disease More research is needed to determine how stress contributes to heart disease. But stress may affect behaviors and factors that increase heart disease risk: high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, smoking, physical inactivity and...
by Karen | Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
Age As you get older so do your blood vessels. They become less flexible and blood tends to move through them more slowly. As we get older there is also some plaque build up. Call back First Name*Phone*NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be...
by Karen | Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
Gender and Heart Disease Heart disease was once known as the man’s disease. After the menopause when women lose their protective hormones they begin to catch up and surpass men. Women and Heart...
by Karen | Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
Family History Family history of heart disease: If you have a family history of heart disease you have an increased risk of developing heart disease. You are considered to have a family history of cardiovascular disease if Your father or brother was under 55 years of...
