8 Tips you wish you knew about your heart health
Dr. Elsa-Grace Giardina, a specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University, invites you to follow these simple tips for maintaining a healthy heart, from the importance of exercise and sleep to healthy portion sizes. Once considered a “man's disease”, we now know that cardiovascular disease (problems with the heart and blood vessels) affects people of all ages and races and is, in fact, the leading cause of death for both men and women. for women. About 630,000 people die of heart disease in the United States each year, one in four deaths, according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And each year, cardiovascular disease is responsible for 35 percent of deaths among American women over the age of 20, according to the American College of Cardiology. The good news? It's easy to make a difference in your heart health, according to cardiologist Dr. Elsa-Grace Giardina, director of the Center for Women's Health in the Cardiology Division...