And there's also the dreaded BUTT FAILURE.
(huh huh...)
Posted on 03/22/2009 1:03:11 PM PDT by neverdem
N.E. Journal Of Medicine: 1 In 100 African Americans Will Develop The Problem In The Prime Of Life -- Before 50
Heart failure affects about 5 million Americans and is the leading cause of hospitalization in people older than 65, but new research suggests it's not just a disease of the elderly. And for people of color, it's striking remarkably early.
One in 100 black men and women will develop heart failure in the prime of life. It's usually the disease of the older set, but according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, surprisingly it's striking blacks before age 50.
"This study clearly shows your risk of having heart failure is 20 times higher, if you're African American than if you're white," says Dr. Franz Messerli of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital.
Heart failure happens when the heart loses its ability to pump sufficient blood through the body. It causes shortness of breath and fluid retention in the legs or the lungs.
It's often fatal.
Blacks may get heart failure so early because their blood pressure and body weight rises faster during their 20s. By the time they reach their 30s and 40s, damage to the heart has already been done.
"Over 90 percent of people who have heart failure, have a history of hypertension. So clearly, high blood pressure, hypertension, is a major, major powerful risk factor for the development of heart failure," says Messerli.
Other explanations range from income and social factors to genetics. The researchers say the takeaway message is that doctors should be focused on treating young blacks who may be at risk.
"The observation by itself is so dramatic that it really motivates us to treat as aggressively as we possibly can," says Messerli.
The best way to prevent heart failure is through a healthy lifestyle. Avoid smoking, make sure to get regular exercise, keep cholesterol low, and keep illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure under good control.
He’s a Leo, as am I.
Our hearts ~are~ our weakness.
[which is ironic, because we usually have a “lot of heart”]....:))
I have the same birthday as The Ahnold and he had to have bypass surgery in his 40s.
All Leos should be hyper-aware of potential heart problems.
Congressman Goodloe Byron was a thin long distance runner in excellent health and he dropped dead jogging on the C&O canal...of a heart attack.
LOL! Sorry, sorry. - Yes. ;)
It is long time and well established anatomical and medical fact that genetically, blacks store less fat sub-Q and more fat inter- abdominal.
Inter-abdominal fat, as opposed to carcass fat and/or sub-Q, is a primary cause of high blood pressure and all of the medical conditions associated with it.
Okay, thanks! That’s the answer I was looking for.
Bush’s fault.
Nor have I.
Yeah but Arnold took a lot of steroids too. That messes up your heart and stuff.
He is to stupid to experience stress.
IMO.... after his lip lock german lesson on the teleprompter aka “slobbin der knobbin” he gets ice cream and a cookie and his put back in his room.
Honestly he reminds me of a tweeker always looking around to see if he’s busted.
And there's also the dreaded BUTT FAILURE.
(huh huh...)
Emerging role of pharmacogenomics in heart failure.
Differences in hypertension between blacks and whites: an overview.
Hypertension is high blood pressure.
The ‘always looking around’ is just him switching between the left and right teleprompter.
LOL.....yeah seen that two faced faint as well......:o)
Even our enemies hate this loser........
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