Check Your Risk

Take care of yourself; get informed about heart health and learn what you can do to decrease your risk of heart disease.

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Reduce Heart Attack Risk
We culled all of our most important heart-health information to bring you this guide to reducing your heart attack risk one step at a time.
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• Dr. Gupta's Guide to Reduce Your Heart-Disease Risk
• Dr. Mehmet Oz's Guide to Preventing a Heart Attack
• Will You Have a Heart Attack in 10 Years?
• 9 Hidden Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Family History

• What Health Problems Lurk in Your Family Tree?
• Tool to Chart Your Family's Heart Health
• Family History of Early Heart Attack
• Heart Disease: Can You Alter Your Fate?

Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

• Atherosclerosis: The Enemy Within
• Free Tracking Chart
• Major Risks Linked to High Systolic Pressure
• High Blood Pressure Risk Factors
• High Cholesterol Risk Factors
• Know Your Numbers

Smoking

• Light Smoking, Heavy Consequences
• Help to Quit Smoking
• Smoking and Heart Disease

Weight

• 35-Inch Waistline Means High Risk for Heart Disease
• Obesity and Heart Disease

Mental & Emotional Health

• Anger and Heart Attack
• Depression’s Impact on Heart Disease
• Manage Depression, Protect Your Heart

Gender

• Increased Risks from Hormone Replacement Therapy
• African-American Women: Take Note
• What Every Woman Should Know About Heart Disease
• The Pill and Your Heart: What’s the Link?
• What Every Man Should Know About Heart Disease
• Women: Beware How Much You Drink
  

Other Risk Factors

• Stroke Signs & Symptoms
• How to Prevent a Stroke
• 9 Common Medical Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
• Alcohol Benefits and Risks
• Alcohol: Helpful or Harmful?
• Poor Air Quality Linked to Heart Problems
• Snoring and Heart Attack Risk
• 9 Hidden Risk Factors for Heart Disease
• Diabetes and Heart Disease
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms You Shouldn't Ignore