Besides the fact that heart attacks can be very painful, there’s also the possibility of not making it through one. Not being around to enjoy the long life that you would have liked to. Then of course there’s the possibility that if you don’t live through it, you may be leaving…

…loved ones behind to grieve and  to fend for themselves. If you do make it through the first one, then there’s the second one that may hit, this is always in the back of your mind, even though it may never come, you worry anyway. If that’s not enough to disturb you, here are more facts that may:

*Heart attack is a leading killer of both men and women in the United States.  And the second largest killer of children under 15 years of age.

*About 5 million people in the United States have heart failure, and it results in about 300,000 deaths each year.

*When you break it down, every 34 seconds an American dies as the result of a blocked cardiac artery.

* More than 6.8 million Americans undergo heart bypass, balloon angioplaty and other circualtion related proceedures each year.

*Year after year plaque deposits grow larger, gradually starving your heart, braincells, and every other cell in your body – setting you up for serious health problems.

* Heart disease claims more lives than breast cancer, diabetes and accidents combined.  So- – are you…

…starting to get the picture? And if you already knew these things, well let’s just consider this a reminder of how serious Heart disease can be..

Are You At Risk for a Heart Attack?

Written by Otha Alexander

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