Heart attacksincidencerisk factorsyoung individualsRapid socioeconomic progress has greatly affected the world, and the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has increased. The growing burden of CVDs has become a major public health issue. The study aimed to identify the main risk factors that lead...
In general, most heart attacks happen to people around age 65. The younger you are, the less likely you are to have a heart attack, but it is not impossible, especially if you have certain risk factors. Reducing the risk of heart attack in young people Although deaths from cardiac arrest...
“Young people are obviously not really supposed to die of heart attack. They’re not really supposed to have heart attacks at all,” Dr. Susan Cheng, a cardiologist at Cedars Sinai and co-author of the study, told TODAY in a segment aired Feb. 9. Adults between 45 and 64 saw a 19....
The study found that young women admitted for heart attacks were also less likely than young men to have procedures that open up blocked arteries. But women can also be their own worst enemies. They often ignore their symptoms, and as the caretaker for the entire family, put others’ health...
Three-fourths of heart attacks in young women may be preventable through lifestyle changes, a new study finds. Researchers followed nearly 70,000 women for two decades and concluded that the majority of heart attacks in young women might be prevented if women closely followed healthy lifestyle pr...
Research shows that heart attacks are becoming more prevalent among adults younger than 50—and the outcomes are worse for women. The good news is we know how to prevent them.
What Causes Heart Attacks in Young People? Although most heart attacks are caused by blood vessel blockages, heart attacks in teenagers are usually caused by an underlying condition that was present at birth (congenital) but not caught until a later time. In fact, forty thousand babies are bor...
Heart attacks among adults younger than 50 years of age are on the rise. In fact, the proportion of very young people has been increasing, rising by 2 percent each year for the last 10 years, according to a team of investigators a Brigham and Women's Hospital who are focused on studying...
Prof. Blankstein said: "It's important to note that overall most heart attacks in people under the age of 50 occur in men. Only 19% of the people in this study were women. However, women who experience a heart attack at a young age often present with similar symptoms as men, are mor...
With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home."Heart attacks require immediate medical intervention in order to improve pat... ...