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Calculate Your Risk of Heart Attack Over Next 10
Years
Aug. 3, 2004 - Whats your risk of having a heart
attack or stroke in the next 10 years?
You can calculate your risk by using the 10-year
risk calculator developed by the National Cholesterol Education Program.
By plugging your numbers into the formula, you can come up with
important information to safeguard your health.
A link to this calculator has been added to the
list of free health tests prepared by SeniorJournal.com. Just
Click Here
and go down the list to Heart Attack Risk Over Next 10 Years.
The August issue of Mayo Clinic Womens
HealthSource tells more about how you can calculate it and why its
important.
Heart disease is the leading killer of women in the
United States, and about 85 percent of women with coronary heart disease
have at least one main risk factor -- smoking, diabetes, high
cholesterol or hypertension. Because many risk factors are either
preventable or treatable, learning about them and taking action can
lower the risk of heart attack or stroke.
And the risks add up. A 65-year-old woman with one
risk factor has a 2 percent chance of heart attack in 10 years. With
four risk factors, the risk is 17 percent.
Mayo Clinic Womens HealthSource is published
monthly to help women enjoy healthier, more productive lives. Revenue
from subscriptions is used to support medical research at Mayo Clinic.
To subscribe, please call 800-876-8633, extension 9PK1.
http://MayoClinic.com has been awarded top honors in the Spring 2004
World Wide Web Health Awards contest. The MayoClinic.com site won a gold
award in the Health Promotion/Disease & Injury Prevention Web site
category and a special award for Best Site Structure & Navigation. A
panel of judges evaluated entries for content, creativity and overall
quality.
"We are pleased that MayoClinic.com continues to be
recognized for outstanding achievement as a consumer health Web site,"
says Brooks Edwards, M.D., medical editor-in-chief of MayoClinic.com.
"The site continues to set the industry standard as a friendly,
functional site that empowers people to take an active role in managing
their health."
MayoClinic.com empowers people to manage their
health by providing useful and up-to-date information and tools that
reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of the more than 2,000
physicians and scientists of Mayo Clinic. This site is produced as part
of Mayo Clinic's commitment to serve as a dependable source of health
information for the public. MayoClinic.com is owned by Mayo Foundation
for Medical Education and Research.
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