The mortality rate is declining in heart attack patients for several reasons including the opening of dedicated coronary care units in local hospitals. The pre-hospital organizational changes is another main factor in helping the patient live. ……

Do you realize that our ankle can be the source of determining whether or not we have peripheral artery disease? Hard to believe, but true. ……

Want to protect your arteries? Eat broccoli. It’s one of the healthy superfoods that is packed with nutrition that works to protect our vascular system and thus helps to protect us from angina, and eventually a stroke or heart attack.

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Obesity can lead to high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and problems with the body’s ability to use insulin. This condition, called metabolic syndrome, can lead to a higher risk for a heart attack, a stroke and other diseases. ……

There is an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in Diabetics deficient in vitamin D because they can’t process cholesterol so it builds in blood vessels. ……

Normally heart cells suffer damage after a heart attack. However, in a study in rats, it has been discovered that a naturally occurring protein, NGF, (nerve growth factor), can protect against heart cell damage following a heart attack. ……