Heart+Disease



This disease is usually caused by fatty tissue and plaque build up inside the arteries of the heart causing clots and blood to build up. This occurence is called atherosclerosis. After this happens, the blood vessels tend to get narrow, stoping the blood flow through that artery, which can be serious. This is the most common way most people get heart disease, as well as a few other rare cases that is it seen otherwise.
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Symtoms of this diease include: - Unstable Angina - Heart Attack - High Stress Factor - Shortness of Breath - Chest Pain
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The occurance of heart diease in people is about 425,425 deaths in the United States in 2006 (about one of every six deaths). It has kept growing since. Men have more of a chance of getting heart disease than women, but when women reach 50, their rate of heart disease goes up.
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You sometimes might be asked to take about one or more medicines to treat blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol levels. Usually people try to bring down their blood pressure and or blood sugar intake.

__**What we can do**__ In order to stop or decrease the rate of heart diease in the world, eat healthier and watch what you intake. Never do drugs, as it can only lead to this even more. You should stay away from cigarettes and alcohol. __**Work Cited**__ //PubMed health, Coronary Heart disease, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004449/, June 21, 2010:// //American Heart Association, Heart Attacks and Angina Status, [], March 30, 2011.//