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Risk Factors

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  1. Heart-Healthy Living's Guide to Reducing Your Heart Attack Risk

    … is one of the major controllable risk factors for heart attack, coronary heart ..... puts you at risk for all other risk factors ," Jennifer Mieres, M.D ..... hypertension, is one of the major risk factors for heart attack. One of the most …

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  1. Test Your Heart

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    Plenty of well-known risk factors are involved in cardiac problems: smoking, diabetes, obesity, family history, and so on. But predicting who will develop fatal or debilitating heart disease remains an inexact science.

  2. 7 Secrets to Beating High Blood Sugar

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    People with prediabetes are encouraged to work with their doctors to develop a personalized plan for improving insulin sensitivity (and addressing any other risk factors , such as abnormal cholesterol). But rest assured: Small measures can make a difference.

  3. Heart Disease Guide

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    … especially if you have any of the risk factors for heart disease such as a family ..... Weakness or extreme fatigue Many risk factors for heart disease are well known ..... some of the well established major risk factors that increase one’s risk of developing …

  4. Diabetes Guide

    Article

    … a major factor. Several other risk factors are known including other preventable risk factors , like high blood pressure and ..... very good understanding of the risk factors for developing the disease. Many …

  5. Asthma Guide

    Article

    … pollution. To summarize, the main risk factors for developing asthma include ..... concerned if you or your child has risk factors for asthma like allergies or a ..... sure who will get it. There are risk factors for asthma that you cannot control …

  6. Breast Cancer: Your Genetic Risk

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    … screenings recommended for women with risk factors of 20 percent or higher. 4. Genetic ..... may be recommended for women with risk factors of 25% or over. The Connection ..... screenings recommended for women with risk factors of 20 percent or higher. 4. Genetic …

  7. Heart Disease: How Women Can Protect Themselves

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    … course. They need to know their risk factors for developing heart problems and to know how those risk factors can be dealt with or avoided ..... they develop. However, not all risk factors can be changed. The older you …

  8. How to Prevent a Stroke

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    While there are risk factors for stroke you can't change (age, race, family history ..... walking works great). Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are major risk factors for stroke. And strokes seem to cause more damage if they strike …

  9. Understanding Alzheimer's Disease

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    … past few years, we've realized that some of the same risk factors for stroke, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol ..... exciting because it means if we treat these cardiovascular risk factors , we may someday be able to prevent or delay Alzheimer …

  10. Facts about Adult Diabetes

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    … exercise and stick to a low-fat diet. Some diabetes risk factors cannot be controlled, especially those that are hereditary ..... or Asian descent. The following health-related risk factors often can be controlled, though your susceptibility …

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