A Patient's Guide to Heart Disease
For an aging population such as that found in America, chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease take a massive toll. While these diseases might not garner the headlines awarded to acute killers like the latest flu outbreak or an exotic tropical disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. That accounts for some 25 percent of all American deaths, making heart disease the No. 1 killer of both men and women in the U.S. today.
An Umbrella Term
The phrase “heart disease†is an umbrella term that refers to a number of diseases and conditions that negatively impact the cardiovascular system, which controls the flow of blood throughout the body. Some of these specific conditions include:
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