Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.-and that goes for men, women, and people of almost every racial and ethnic group, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which notes that someone dies from cardiovascular disease in this country every 34 seconds.
If that isn’t enough to make you take this condition seriously, here’s what Mary McGowan, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the Family Heart Foundation, told Best Life: “What you don’t know can, in fact, hurt or even kill you. We all know someone who either died suddenly or had a heart attack while in excellent health and without known heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, obesity, or cigarette smoking. Read more…
