Every year more people die in this country because of heart disease than all who have been killed in all the wars that America has fought. I'm Doctor Dena Hall, a family physician with Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Heart disease is our number one killer.
It often strikes down talented people in the prime productive period of their lives. Although men are of greater risk in younger years, women past menopause rapidly share the risk equally. For this reason, hormone replacement therapy has become an important countermeasure to protect older women against heart disease. Prevention is the key to reducing the deadly toll of this condition. Effective treatment of high blood pressure and diabetes can also decrease risks of heart disease.