Women and CVD
Cardiovascular/heart disease is the leading cause of women's death in Alaska and nationwide. Behaviors that help lower a person's risk of dying from heart disease include not smoking, staying at a healthy weight, eating less fat and high cholesterol foods, and exercising regularly.
Also, getting periodic blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening, controlling high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and getting counseling to stop smoking may reduce risks related to heart disease.
Links to additional information on heart disease
- www.americanheart.org
- www.cdc.gov/wisewoman
- www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth
- www.partners.hss.state.ak.us/takeheart
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