Entries from October 2009 ↓

When you talk about heart disease, we usually think of coronary heart disease, which is the narrowing of the arteries leading to the heart. But, coronary heart disease is just one of the major types of heart disease. Heart disease has different conditions affecting the structures and functions of our precious heart. The sad truth about heart disease is that it is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. alone.

According to the American Heart Association, around 5 million Americans are diagnosed with valvular heart disease, or heart valve disease, each year. But, what is really a heart valve disease?

Heart valve disease occurs when your heart does not function the way it should. Our heart has two halves, a left and right, each with two chambers- the atrium and ventricle. Between the chambers are the heart valves that make sure the blood runs only in one direction. There are also other two heart valves positioned between the ventricles and the major arteries, which is the aorta and pulmonary artery, where they have the same function.
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Even small lifestyle adjustments can provide a large effect in reducing the risk factors for heart disease.

1. You do not have time for yourself.

Caring for all people and all things in your life can mean you do not take care of yourself can cause stress. We know that stress plays an important role in heart disease as well as poor diet and no exercise. Even a study from the University of Florida found that mental stress increases the risk of death for patients with heart disease up to three times as much.

If you already have habits that reduce stress now, you may be able to avoid the effects of chronic stress effects and long-term heart later. Do something relaxing every day, whether it’s meditation 10 minutes or jog in the park.
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Pulmonary heart disease medically known as Cor Pulmonale is a change in the structure and function of the right ventricle, one of the four chambers in the human heart that receives de-oxygenated blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary artery, this failure of the right side of the heart results to a respiratory disorder. Pulmonary heart disease is caused by prolonged high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle of the heart.

Normally, the left side of the heart pumps blood to the body so it produces a higher level of blood pressure. The right side of the heart on the other hand, pumps blood through the lungs under a much lower pressure, any condition that leads to prolonged high blood pressure in the arteries or veins of the lungs called pulmonary hypertension, will not be tolerated by the right ventricle of the heart causing it to fail or unable to pump blood against abnormal high pressures, this is called Cor Pulmonale or Pulmonary Heart Disease.
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Heredity, for long years, has been considered as one of the unchangeable culprits of heart disease.  Yes, several clinical studies and researches have supported this claim, noting that heredity plays a major role in the development of heart disease, and that people who have a family history of heart disease are more prone to it.

One particular support for the concept on hereditary heart disease is the one stressed by many studies which holds that there are certain levels of high cholesterol that can be inherited from one generation to another.  This is known by many medical experts as Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) or simply inherited high cholesterol levels.  According to these studies, FH is basically the main factor that causes hereditary heart disease to occur and develop.   Once a person inherits this risk factor, his or her chance to develop a hereditary heart disease is higher than fifteen percent.
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To accomplish a good cardio-vascular workout all you really need is a good pair of running shoes. Most cardio exercise needs little or no third party apparatus to help you accomplish your routine. Running, dancing, walking can all be done with no equipment (well, if dancing, then maybe some music would help). Other forms of cardio are step, circuit training, bike riding, swimming, aerobics and more…

With most exercise you should always remember to warm up first and cool down afterwards. This means gently stretching and moving your muscles to start off with. Suddenly moving into full exercise without building up first will cause problems such as stiffness and cramps. Ease yourself into it. Then after exercise, the cool down is basically gently moving the muscles and joints to stretch and relax, as your body returns to its normal pace.
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Coronary heart disease and heart attack like heart infarction can in great extend be prevented by lifestyle measures.

The Direct Causes of Heart Disease
The direct causes of coronary heart disease and heart attack are factors like these:
- Narrowing of blood vessels in the heart and the rest of the body by arteriosclerosis.
- High blood cholesterol level.
- High blood pressure.
- Over-weight.
- Diabetes.
- High level of the amino acid homocystein in the blood.
- High content of low density lipoprotein (LDL) and low content of high density lipoprotein (HDL) in the blood. Lipoprotein is a combination of protein and fatty substances bound together.
- Inflammation in the circulatory system.
- High age.
- Inherited tendencies for high cholesterol levels and heart disease.
- Men have somewhat greater chance of getting heart disease than women.
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This article will furnish you comprehensive Dietary Advice For Prehypertensive and Hypertensive Blood Pressure Levels. Here you will find  Diet Tips To Reduce Blood Pressure.

Diet For High Blood Pressure, Relation Between Diet and Blood Pressure
If you have Bad eating habits then it contributes significantly to unhealthily high blood pressure levels, even in middle age, when blood pressure levels typically rise as part of the aging process. Whether or not you are taking antihypertensive drugs, the need to make dietary improvements (eg. follow a healthy low-fat diet) is frequently at the top of a doctor’s list of recommendations to reduce or prevent the onset of high blood pressure.

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Alcohol has a meaningful effect on high blood pressure, so it is significant people pay more attention on the relation of alcohol and blood pressure and its effect on the health.

People who drink large amounts of alcohol often show signs of having higher blood pressure than people that drink less. This becomes important, especially in incidents  where people are regular drinkers. If the alcohol consumption is kept fairly limited, that is, occasional drinking then the blood pressure level is not so incline to lean towards dangerously high readings.
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Cardio exercise machine workouts are great and fun for burning excess body fat and building good cardiovascular health. These exercises not only help to burn body fat fast it will also strengthen your heart and lungs and thus reducing your chances of getting high blood pressure, stroke and heart diseases. Regular cardio exercises can also reduce bad cholesterol and raise the level of good cholesterol.

However, are you getting the most out of your cardio machine workouts? Are you using the cardio workout machines efficiently to gain maximum benefits of the exercises?
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Heart disease is one of the feared diseases of all people, especially to those who don’t watch what they eat and to those who are not interested in physical activities- in short, overweight and obese. Mind you, heart disease is not only about obesity and overweight.

For as long as you have way too much cholesterol in blood, even if you are not fat or overweight, you can still have heart disease. But, you can also get a heart disease if you have family history of heart disease. Aside from the fact that heart disease is the leading killer in the U.S., what are else do you know about heart disease.
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