Women's heart attacks are more likely to involve "silent" symptoms that are harder to recognize than men's. About 1.2 million Americans suffer from heart attacks annually, and about 40 percent die from them. Recent research shows that marital spats or the loss of a loved one both increase...
For a long time, the only option for many severe heart failure patients was a heart transplant. However, there are only slightly more than 2,000 heart transplants performed in the United States annually, meaning that tens of thousands of people die waiting for a donor heart. On July 2, ...
Nobody has to die of a heart attack. But 400,000 Americans (four million people on the planet) die of heart attacks every year. This is mostly because of a glaring flaw in the business of medicine — a flaw that could be easily fixed. The CDC estimates the economic impact of hea...
The more health risk factors a person has for heart disease, the higher the chances that they will develop heart disease and even die from it. Just like anyone else, people with diabetes have an increased risk of dying from heart disease if they have more health risk factors. However, the...
The obesity paradox extends to other conditions besides heart failure. Patients with chronic kidney disease most often undergo hemodialysis, where a machine filters impurities out of the blood, and dialysis. About 20 percent of dialysis patients die each year from cardiovascular complications. Studies ...
After reading your comments, we were struck by how many of you are navigating this challenging situation. In response, Sixty & Me has added a dedicated resources section to Kim’s heartfelt and insightful article to provide additional support and guidance. Below are some highly recommended books...
Increased heart rate Chest pain Dizziness Trouble breathing A sense of panic or trembling Eating disorders Not everyone suffering from an eating disorder “looks” like we would typically perceive them to. Just like any mental illness, there are many diffe...
Although many people have only isolated panic attacks, others suffer from recurring attacks, which is a symptom of panic disorder. This disorder is fairly common; 2.7 percent of Americans 18 and up have it, which makes it more common than bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive ...
that an unhealthy lifestyle has on their health. Over a million Americans are dying every year from illnesses caused by being overweight or obese. Obesity is the number one cause of death with 60% of these deaths resulting from heart attacks along with a staggering 90% of all diabetes ...
You then begin to put these precepts into practice, because after all you are going to driving school not just for the sake of learning the theory, but because you want to drive a real car, on actual streets. (This step is where a lot of philosophy gets lost: many of my colleagues,...