Cardiovascular Diseases

AHA Scientific PositionCigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States. It accounts for nearly 440,000 of the more than 2.4 million annual deaths. Cigarette smokers have a higher risk of developing several...

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Coronary heart disease

Atherosclerotic heart disease can be thought of as a wide spectrum of disease of the heart. At one end of the spectrum is the asymptomatic individual with atheromatous streaks within the walls of the coronary arteries (the arteries of the heart). These...

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What is Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases which affect the cells of the body. Normal cells reproduce themselves and divide in two. When cells begin growing too rapidly, and without order, a tumor is created. Many tumors are benign, meaning they will stay confined...

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