Is Stress A Cause Of Heart Disease?

Many of you may be wondering, is stress really a cause of heart disease?  The short answer is no one really knows for sure.  Stress is considered a contributing factor to heart disease, which means its link and effects are largely unknown and just pondered upon.  Due to the largely different reactions we all have to stress, whether it is emotional, physical, or mental, it is hard to really pin down the exact effects it has on the heart and it’s health. Read more »

Heart disease risks fall into either the major category or the contributing category.  Since we have already covered the major heart disease risks, this article will go over the contributing factors.

The first contributing factor thought to increase your heart disease risks is stress.  Stress is considered by many to be the number one killer in America, and it very well may be true.  The reason it’s effects on heart disease are largely unknown, is because each of us deal with stress differently, so it is hard to pinpoint it’s exact effects upon the heart.  Plus stress can contribute to other risk factors in search of comfort, such as smoking or over eating. Read more »

There are many heart disease risk factors out there that you should know about.  The last article covered a couple of the major risk factors, and this article will cover the last of the major risk factors.  After that we will go into the contributing risk factors of heart disease. Read more »

Cardiovascular disease risk factors can be either major, or contributing factors.  This article will cover a couple of the major risk factors it is important that you know about,  so as to attempt to prevent heart disease in your own life.

High blood pressure is a biggie.  You can have high blood pressure without any other risk factors at all, and it can greatly increase your chances of having a heart attack or a stroke.  If you also have other risk factors as well, then your chances are of heart attack or stroke are greatly increased. Read more »

Cardiovascular heart disease comes in many different guises.  Coronary artery disease, high BP, stroke, rheumatic heart disease.   The list goes on.  If you pay attention to the World Health Org., about 12 million deaths are caused each year from some form of cardiovascular heart disease.  It is the absolute number one cause of death in adults the world over. Read more »

What Exactly Causes Heart Disease?

What exactly causes heart disease, and what can you do to prevent it?  This is a question many of you may be wondering about, and it is a very important one, as heart disease is the leading cause of death in the nation.

Heart disease can be caused by a number of things, including things that are beyond your control, such as congenital heart defects that you are born with.  Other times, what causes heart disease are factors and conditions that you have completely control over, it just involves you making some hard choices. Read more »

If you are worried about your risk of having a heart attack, then you definitely should be a getting heart disease screening.  Especially if you have a risky family history of heart disease and health issues. Even if you don’t though, with current lifestyles as they are you should still be getting a regular heart disease screening.

Generally, in patients over 40 who are healthy, you can obtain either an ECG or and EKG every 2-5 years or so.  Get one more often of you are older than forty, or if you have new or preexisting coronary artery disease risk factors.  This is mainly done to get a base idea of what is normal for your heart, to be better able to tell when something is abnormal. Read more »

As we explored in the previous article, the list of treatment for heart disease and it’s associated medications is long and varied.  This article is a continuation of that list of possible medications used in treatment for heart disease, and how they work on your heart.

The last article covered beta blockers, however there is also drugs prescribed called calcium channel blockers.  They are used to relax the blood vessels within the heart which is beneficial for both high blood pressure and chest pain. Read more »