The American Heart Association statistics indicate that heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Looking closer, 1 in 4 deaths each year is caused by heart disease. While all of this may sound frightening, there are things we can do to try to prevent cardiovascular […]
It’s really no secret that exercise is good for you. It’s also no secret that exercise can improve your heart health. Many people don’t realize how it does, and others aren’t really sure how it happens. No worries, folks. The explanation is pretty simple. Inactivity–or, the lack of exercise–is one of the major causes of […]
This year National Wear Red Day, on February 1, will mark 10 years of campaigning to make more women aware of the threat of heart disease, which kills more women every year than all cancers combined. This great campaign was launched in 2003, when the American Heart Association faced the challenge of doing something to […]
