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March 13, 2009 -- Whether you drive, take the bus, or bicycle, being in heavy traffic triples your risk of heart attack within one hour. Air pollution from car fumes is the likely culprit, suggest Annette Peters, PhD, and colleagues at the Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany. In a previous study, Peters and colleagues found that a sizeable proportion of heart attacks -- about 8% -- could be attributed to being in traffic. To follow up, the researchers interviewed 1,454 people who survived heart attacks. In the hour before their heart attack, many of the survivors had been in heavy traffic. Analysis of the data showed that these heart-attack-vulnerable people were 3.2 times more likely to suffer a heart attack if they'd been in heavy traffic in the previous hour.

Yoga for heart disease is one of the most effective treatments in terms of lifestyle and physical fitness. It has an undeniably effective role in minimizing the risk of cardiovascular disease and lowers the risk of heart attacks, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. It has a direct influence on the hypothalamus, which controls endocrine activity, helping prevent attacks.

High level of cholesterol incress the risk of heart attack similarly BP Obesity and Diabetes can incress the risk of heart attack. Prevent your self from this type of health risks. Get heart health check up and enjoy your painless heart beats.

The traditional risk factors -family history, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol- explain less than half the cases of heart disease. In fact, people with heart disease who take drugs to lower cholesterol or who lower the fat content of their diets continue to suffer significant heart disease, and many die of heart attacks.

The thrush of heart attack is not same in women as in men. Women are not prone to the same symptoms of heart attack as men, such as severe chest pain that exudes along one arm. The common symptoms of heart attack can appear in women, but they may experience vague or hidden symptoms which are not very prominent.

The vitamin K2 story, though still preliminary, is becoming increasingly interesting from the perspective of CT heart score reduction. The origin of this concept came from some unexpected observations. One, the observation that osteoporosis (lack of bone calcium that leads to fractures) arises from deficiency of vitamin K2. Two, deficiency of K2 leads to unrestrained calcium deposition in animal models, leading to heart attack in just weeks.

"As per the study, the risk of heart attack increases for the people who undergo invasive dental surgery such as gum disease treatment."

People in Asia have been eating fermented foods for more than 1,000 years. One vegan fermented food, renowned in Asia for its ability to protect against heart attacks, was recently shown to have a powerful ability in lab experiments to prevent formation of the clumps of tangled protein involved in Alzheimer's disease. if this works as well in the human brain as scientists expect, it will be a great addition to the tables of anyone who is concerned about this terrible disease

If you are reading this post, chances are you have high blood pressure . You may also be looking for some high blood pressure remedies since you know hypertension is a health hazard that can lead to a heart attack or a stroke. Keep in mind that if you are diabetic, having high blood pressure is a higher risk than if you are not.

If you get up in the morning feeling a little lazy and you consider stopping at McDonald's on your way to work to grab breakfast, check the list below before taking that step. Why? Because McDonald's breakfasts are dangerously high in sodium, and they can put you at great risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.

NSAIDs have been connected with increased danger of heart attack and stroke, however the side effects of Aleve seem to be possibly less dangerous.

New research suggests that people with rheumatoid arthritis are at somewhat higher risk of developing blood clots in their veins than those without the disorder.