every year – that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing over 370,000 people annually. Every year about 735,000 Americans have a heart attack. Of these, 525...
Preeclampsia can cause organ damage, in particular the heart and the nervous system, Dr. Céline Gounder, a CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, explained during an appearance on "CBS Mornings" as part of American Heart Month in February. "I...
Men or women can get a lot of erection, sex-organ swelling, and sexual desire from the stimulation of prostaglandin E2 (in conjunction with a high level of histamine release) with a high price - inflammatory body pains, congestive headaches, dizziness, or/and excessive, unwanted leakage/...
takes about 8 weeks. Just like askin wound, a scar forms in the damaged area. But the new scar tissue doesn’t move the way it should. So your heart can’t pump as much after a heart attack. How much that ability to pump is affected depends on the size and location of the scar...
takes about 8 weeks. Just like askin wound, a scar forms in the damaged area. But the new scar tissue doesn’t move the way it should. So your heart can’t pump as much after a heart attack. How much that ability to pump is affected depends on the size and location of the scar...
restricting or stopping the flow of blood into the heart. the heart cells that are deprived of oxygen start to die, which leads to a heart attack. the most common sign of a heart attack, in both men and women, is pain or discomfort in the middle or left side of the chest, which ca...
the chlamydia bacterium is found in the cervix and urethra and can live in the throat or rectum. Both infected men and infected women frequently lack symptoms of chlamydia infection. Thus, these individuals can unknowingly spread the infection to others. Another strain (type) ofChlamydia trachomatis...
In accordance with previous studies,28,29 incident CVD events were assessed by the following standardized questions: “Have you been told by a doctor that you have been diagnosed with a heart attack, coronary heart disease, angina, congestive heart failure, or other heart problems?” or “Have...
Disparities in knowledge of heart attack and stroke symptoms among adult men: an analysis of behavioral risk factor surveillance survey data. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008;100(10):1116-1124. doi:10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31483-8PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 6. Fang J, Gillespie C, Keenan NL, Green...
large numbers of spirochetes attack theaorta(the great trunk artery carrying blood from the heart), destroying elastic tissue, predisposing toaneurysm(localized thinning and swelling), and producing degeneration of the aortic valves. Neurosyphilis mimics otherneurologicdisorders and can be crippling if ...