Heart attack

What Women Should Know About Heart Disease

While women might be less likely than men to contract cardiovascular disease (CVD), women face more severe prognoses and higher mortality rates. For these reasons, women need to be more alert and aware of any symptoms that could be related to CVD so they don’t become a victim of the statistics. Read on to learn what all women should know about heart disease.

How To Know If You’re Having A Heart Attack

There are many different symptoms of a heart attack. Some people may experience sudden and intense symptoms, while other people might feel symptoms start slowly, with mild discomfort gradually increasing. Symptoms could start days or even weeks before cardiac arrest. It’s even possible to have a heart attack with no symptoms.

Why Healthy People Have Heart Attacks

Unfortunately, sometimes being healthy is not enough to protect you from CVD. In fact, while heart disease is often thought of mostly affecting older people, ages 65 and above, today more younger people are suffering heart attacks and other forms of CVD. Read on about the invisible risks of CVD.

What Is Cardiovascular Disease?

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a broad term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels. Often CVD (also called heart disease) is associated with a build-up of fatty deposits inside arteries, risks of blood clots, and damage to arteries in organs including the brain, heart, kidneys, and eyes. Here are several of the main types of CVD.