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Heart Disease Facts & Resources from Health Issues Today
We hope that these pages will help you in your fight against heart disease and its grip on our world today. There are many resources listed here to enlighten you and help you build your health library, please take advantage of them. You can get a free ebook about heart disease by signing up using the form on the left side of this page. God bless and good luck in your battle against heart disease. Get your zzzzz's - now! - lack of sleep increases heart disease risk - Brief ArticleToo little sleep can lead to coronary heart disease, says a recent study by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Women who averaged five hours or less of sleep a night were 39 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease--the number one killer among African-Americans--than women who got eight hours of sleep. Those who slept six hours had an 18-percent higher risk of developing coronary heart disease, which, according to the American Heart Association, kills more than 50,000 Blacks each year. Author: Essence ...
Heart Disease Additional Information
... Author: CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Heart is like any muscle. It needs a constant and permanent supply of oxygen and nutrients. They are carried to it by the blood in the coronary arteries. In some particular situations, coronary arteries become narrowed or clogged by cholesterol and fat deposits, and they are not able any more to feed the heart with enough blood This process is called atherosclerosis and leads to coronary heart disease (CHD). See entire summary of Heart Disease and Heart Attack Articles |