By making healthy lifestyle choices, an individual's risk for heart disease and stroke and the chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke are reduced. Injury is a leading cause of death in children over one year of age. Learning how to prevent injury, how to reduce risk factors and incorporate healthy choices into our lives can improve health and well-being for all age groups. Signs Not all heart disease and strokes can be prevented. The symptoms of heart attack and stroke must be recognized early, so that the proper help can be obtained.
Symptoms vary from person to person.
In women, the pain is often not as pronounced as in men. Time is brain. Caretakers of children and infants must be able to recognize an emergency. Much of the Canadian population lives in rural settings where access to health care takes longer. Early recognition will assist in obtaining care quickly so that a critical event may be prevented.