Heart disease progress is slowing or stalling, study says. Obesity is likely to blame.
Heart disease progress is slowing or stalling, study says. Obesity is likely to blame.
Progress in reducing deaths related cardiovascular has been waning in years, diabetes, rates recently Heart disease progress slowed or stalled. best, and, our rates cardiovascular are going chief academic officer Heart and Vascular Institute Cleveland Clinic. “And cause, is obesity and all its consequences. ” More than 93 adults and nearly 14 children and adolescents in United States are considered be obese — a that has been climbing decades.
Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure, was always thought to be a disease of the old and sick. But a recent report published by the medical journal from the American College of Cardiology says heart failure is rising in people under 65 years of age. The study shows that death rates are increasing for adults between 35 and 64 years old. The rates are even higher for African Americans. Dr. Deepthi Mosali, Heart Failure Specialist with the St. Elizabeth Heart & Vascular Institute says, “This increase is likely due to rising prevalence of the risk factors including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, sedentary vascular heart disease lifestyles, and poor lifestyle choices. ” Dr. Brian Hardaway with the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Clinic at Mayo Clinic, notes, “The mortality rate for African Americans is startling. Black men under 65 are twice as likely to die from heart failure as white males. Black women are three times more likely to die than white women. ” What is Heart Failure? Heart failure is when your heart can’t pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs either because the heart is stiffer and bulkier and unable to pump blood efficiently or the heart is weak and damaged and unable to pump blood adequately.
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