Health and Fitness
Three Steps to Improve Cardiovascular Health
Cardiovascular diseases cause one in every four deaths. But the risks can be significantly reduced with healthy lifestyle habits.
Significance of Cardiovascular Diseases
There are multiple conditions within the cardiovascular disease category. The most common ones are heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and arrhythmia.
Cardiovascular diseases are prevalent globally and widespread in the US.
For instance, according to CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), “one person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease. About 659,000 people in the United States die from heart disease yearly — that’s one in every four deaths.”
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
“Cardiovascular disease is the term for all types of diseases that affect the heart or blood vessels, including coronary heart disease (clogged arteries), which can cause heart attacks, stroke, congenital heart defects, and peripheral artery disease.”
American Heart Association defines atherosclerosis “as a condition that develops when a substance…
