Say, for example, an insured
person dies of heart disease shortly after buying a policy.
About 600,000
people die of heart disease in the United States every year — that's
Three deaths may sound negligible in a country where some 600,000
people die of heart disease annually.
Thanks to more education about healthy eating and advancements in treatment, fewer
people die of heart disease than in the past.
It's shocking to think that 600,000
people die of heart disease in the U.S. alone, and half of those suddenly, without warning.
Not exact matches
After all, the number
of people suffering from ALS pales in comparison to the number
of people who
die from cancer or
heart disease.
A giant new study, reported in the New York Times, found that
people who drank between three and five cups
of coffee a day had a 15 percent lower risk
of dying young from
heart disease and several other medical conditions.
Pass it on: Taller
people are more likely to
die of cancer, while shorter
people are more likely to
die of heart disease.
«What we generally see,» says the Canadian - born Katzmarzyk, «is that
people who sit more during the day have a higher risk
of dying from any cause, and in particular, mortality from
heart disease.»
no one ever said they
people in the 1800s
died of heart disease.
In other words, a drop
of 10 °C in the average temperature over seven days, which is common in several countries because
of seasonal variations, is associated with an increased risk in being hospitalized or
dying of heart failure
of about 7 percent in
people aged over 65 diagnosed with the
disease..
«The relationship between language and mortality is particularly surprising,» Schwartz said, «since the
people tweeting angry words and topics are in general not the ones
dying of heart disease.
People with few social ties are at increased risk
of dying of heart disease, cancer, and respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments.
People living in rural areas are at no greater risk
of dying from
heart disease than their urban counterparts, according to a new study by researchers at Women's College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
More
people are now surviving cancer but it is estimated that 32 %
of them could
die of heart disease caused by their treatment.
Women with type 1 diabetes [1] face a 40 % increased excess risk
of death from all causes [2], and have more than twice the risk
of dying from
heart disease, compared to men with type 1 diabetes, a large meta - analysis involving more than 200 000
people with type 1 diabetes published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has found.
The skinny on fat: Too little is more dangerous than too much Overweight
people are at no greater risk than normal - weight folks
of dying from
heart disease or cancer and are actually less likely to fall prey to some other causes
of death, such as accidents and Alzheimer's, according to freshly analyzed data on 2.3 million adults 25 years and older as
of 2004.
People in the fastest declining group were still 30 percent less likely to
die of cancer when the results were adjusted to control for factors such as smoking, diabetes and
heart disease, among others.
«Scientific findings from the past two decades that focused on the prevention
of cardiovascular
diseases continue to show that among
people who are at risk
of dying from
heart disease, the potential benefit
of omega - 3 fish oil supplements is still useful for
people who have had a recent
heart attack, which is consistent with the 2002 statement,» Siscovick said.
In 2006 — the most recent year for which statistics are available — 829,072
people died in the United States
of heart disease.
Compared with the general population,
people with type 1 diabetes are 13 times more likely to
die of heart disease.
MacGillivray, the Chief
of Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic Transplant at the hospital, said, «The progress that has been made, in just 50 years, in allowing
people with end - stage
heart disease, who are not only
dying, but crippled by their
heart disease; to give them a revolutionary, effective therapy in a
heart transplant... I mean, it is amazing.»
Heart disease is the leading cause
of death for both men and women in the United States, with about 610,000
people dying of it every year, or one in four U.S. deaths, according to the CDC.
«Those pollutants cause
people to
die early, because
of heart attack, stroke, lung cancer, [and] chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease,» West said.
Diabetes also increases the risk
of heart disease and stroke - 50 %
of people with diabetes
die of cardiovascular
disease (primarily
heart disease and stroke), compared to 30 % across the world populationANCHOR ANCHOR.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control, about 5.8 million people in the United States have heart failure, and many of them will die of their d
Disease Control, about 5.8 million
people in the United States have
heart failure, and many
of them will
die of their
diseasedisease.
Compared to those who watched less than two hours
of TV per day,
people who watched four hours or more were 80 % more likely to
die from
heart disease and 46 % more likely to
die from any cause.
People who eat more plant foods than animal products may lower their risk
of dying from
heart disease or stroke.
A study
of more than 22,000
people with coronary artery
disease found that cutting diastolic pressure (the bottom number) to less than 70 doubled the risk
of dying from
heart attack, stroke, or other causes.
TUESDAY, November 22, 2011 (Health.com)--
People with heart disease may increase their risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and dying from heart - related causes even more if they consume a diet high in sodium, according to a new study that followed nearly 30,000 people for more than four
People with
heart disease may increase their risk
of heart attack, stroke,
heart failure, and
dying from
heart - related causes even more if they consume a diet high in sodium, according to a new study that followed nearly 30,000
people for more than four
people for more than four years.
A big review in the Journal
of the American Medical Association found that
people who eat a small serving
of fish twice a week may reduce their risk
of dying from
heart disease by more than a third.
In fact, at least 65 %
of people with diabetes
die of heart disease or stroke, according to the American Heart Associa
heart disease or stroke, according to the American
Heart Associa
Heart Association.
Studies have shown that
people who use saunas four to seven times a week have a 48 percent lower risk
of dying from
heart disease over those who used the sauna once a week.
Adults with diabetes are two to four times more likely to
die of heart disease than
people who do not have diabetes.
People with heart disease may increase their risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and dying from heart - related causes even more if they consume a diet high in sodium, according to a new study that followed nearly 30,000 people for more than four
People with
heart disease may increase their risk
of heart attack, stroke,
heart failure, and
dying from
heart - related causes even more if they consume a diet high in sodium, according to a new study that followed nearly 30,000
people for more than four
people for more than four years.
A 2014 study revealed that
people who consumed 17 percent to 21 percent
of their daily calories from the sweet stuff had a 38 percent higher risk
of dying from
heart disease compared with those who kept their added sugar intake to 8 percent
of their daily calories.
During the eight - year follow - up period, 463
people in the study — 65 %
of them men — experienced
heart problems (including
heart attacks), had angioplasty or bypass surgery, or
died of heart -
disease - related causes.
Diabetes can quadruple
heart disease risks, which explains why more than 65 %
of people with diabetes
die of heart disease or stroke.
About two - thirds
of people with diabetes
die of heart disease or stroke.
Ironically, this means that statins, which many
people take because they want to protect their
heart, are actually quite likely to increase their risk
of dying from
heart disease.
«If you have too much sodium and too little potassium, it's worse than either one on its own,» said Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City's health commissioner, who has led efforts to get the public to eat less salt... «Potassium may neutralize the
heart - damaging effects
of salt,» said Dr. Elena Kuklina, one
of the study's authors at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention... The research found
people who eat a lot
of salt and very little potassium were more than twice as likely to
die from a
heart attack as those who ate about equal amounts
of both nutrients.
It is the leading cause
of death across the board for
people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States and about the same number
of men and women
die from
heart disease each year (3).
These
people also had a 13 percent lower risk
of dying from another
heart - related cause, such as stroke or
heart disease, Medical News Today reported.
In
people with diabetes, eating a rich amount
of fruits like grapes reduces the risk
of dying of heart disease, the report states.
Lonely
people are three times more likely to
die young than
people who feel like they belong to part
of a tribe, and those who feel supported by their community have half the risk
of heart disease compared to those who feel socially isolated.
It also may improve health, as it seemed to do in the recent study published in the Journal
of the American Medical Association in which
people eating 6 g / day (highest third
of salt consumption) were only one - fifth as likely to
die of heart disease as
people eating less than 2.5 g / day (lowest third).
In research presented at the European Society
of Cardiologists Society Congress, results showed that
people with
heart disease who most closely adhered to the diet
died a stunning 37 percent less often than those with the lowest rate
of compliance.
More than 100 years ago a German pathologist named Virchow discovered that cholesterol was to be found in the artery walls
of people that
died from
diseases like
heart attacks, in which their arteries were blocked.
But even by the time they reach the early ages in which they
die, the
people show signs
of heart disease.
High cortisol levels, which are particularly stressful for the
heart, increase the risk
of dying from cardiovascular
disease by five-fold, even among
people with no previous risk factors for
heart disease.