How can gum disease cause heart disease?
Several theories exist to explain the link between periodontal disease and heart disease. One theory is that oral bacteria can affect the heart when they enter the blood stream, attaching to fatty plaques in the coronary arteries.
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What is the treatment for heart disease?
Way to treat heart disease at home include keep your intake o...
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What are some short and long term effects of heart disease?
The effects of heart disease vary, commonly heart attacks & c...
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How can you prevent heart disease?
Don't smoke, get active, eat heart healthy, maintain healthy ...
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Why someone who is heterozygous for FH has a lower risk of heart disease?
Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder character...
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What are 5 controllable lifestyle factors relative to coronary heart disease?
5 controllable lifestyle factors related to coronary heart di...
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Why someone who is heterozygous for FH has a lower risk of heart disease?
Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder character...
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What is the leading cause of heart disease?
For almost forty years, the lipid hypothesis or diet-heart id...
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How does hostility increase the risk of heart disease?
People who are quick to anger or who display frequent hostili...
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What psychological factors contribute to headaches, heart disease, and cancer?
Anxiety and depression lead to psychological distress, which ...
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What is the treatment for heart disease?
Way to treat heart disease at home include keep your intake o...
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How can you prevent heart disease?
Don't smoke, get active, eat heart healthy, maintain healthy ...
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One ambiguous statement is not mentioned is that to much Vita...
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Can steroids increase the risk for coronary heart disease?
The heart attack risk with taking steroids would be increased...
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C4-deficient (C4D) and Albany strains of guinea-pigs transpla...
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What is the leading cause of heart disease?
For almost forty years, the lipid hypothesis or diet-heart id...
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How do Dr determine If someone has heart disease?
It can be described as a discomfort, heaviness, pressure, ach...
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What is the disease of heart muscle?
Cardiomyopathy, or heart muscle disease, is a type of progres...
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What is a risk factor for heart attack stroke and kidney disease?
Diabetes is a risk factor. If you take 80mg of lipitor it wil...
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How is coronary heart disease diagnosed by the doctor?
The doctor will diagnose Coronary Heart Disease based on the ...
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What does the heart disease pph stand for?
People can have pulmonary hypertension secondary to another c...
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What are signs of heart disease?
Heart disease is a term that refers to conditions that involv...
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What is the deadliest heart disease?
Coronary disease refers to the failure of coronary circulatio...
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What are The symptoms of heart disease?
There are many types of heart disease. Key symptoms are chest...
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What are symptoms of heart disease?
Coronary artery disease, heart attack -- each type of heart d...
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Is hypertension a symptom of heart disease?
High blood pressure (hypertension) is one of the leading risk...
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What does the heart disease pph stand for?
People can have pulmonary hypertension secondary to another c...
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Since your heart is your main organ I would say heart disease.
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If you have heart disease, is it treatable?
Yes it is. If you manage to live long enough, you can start e...
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What is the youngest age a person has died of heart disease?
In some very rare instances, heart problems and even sudden c...
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What are symptons of heart disease?
WebMD explains the symptoms of the various types of heart dis...
About Heart Disease
Heart disease is a blanket term for any type of disease that affects the heart. It can refer to coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, hypertensive cardiomyopathy, valvular cardiomyopathy, inflammatory cardiomyopathy, myocardiodystrophy or any other number of heart diseases.
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