### condition | disorder | cardiovascular disease:

Heart disease
* Most heart disease arises from atherosclerosis.
* Most heart disease is acquired
  - caused by blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the heart
  - due to blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle
* Some heart disease is mild and some is severe.
  * ' general term that means that the heart is not working normally. Babies can be born with heart disease. This is called 'congenital heart disease'. If people get heart disease later, it is called 'acquired heart disease'. Most heart disease is acquired.
* accounts for more than half of the deaths due to smoking
  - women s deaths than cancer, diabetes and accidents combined
  - one-third of all deaths in women with lupus
* affects men, women, and children of all ages
* are cardiovascular diseases
  - the most preventable cause of death in the United States
* can affect anyone.
* can be deadly for men and women, especially women
  - hereditary
  - in an advanced stage before symptoms even arise
  - silent, or it can have warning signs
* can cause angina pectoris, a chest pain that can follow physical activity
  - impotence
  - develop in any breed of dog or cat
  - increase the risk of stroke
  - kill without warning
  - lead to fear of exertion
  - manifest as chest pain, tightness or discomfort
  - mean big changes in lifestyle
  - result from tissue build-up associated with carcinoid tumors
  - strike suddenly
  - take many forms and varies widely in severity
  - turn the nail beds red
* causes patients to become extremely tired and short of breath.
* claims more deaths in America than any other disease
  - women s lives than any other disease
  - twice as many female lives as all cancers combined, including breast cancer
* comes in many forms, some more common than others.
* continues to be the leading cause of death in Erie County
  - of death in women and men
* degenerative condition of aging aggravated by Western lifestyles.
* develops over many years
  - when there blockage preventing blood flow through the arteries
* disease that people can do something about.
* disorder that affects the heart muscle or the blood vessels of the heart.
* does have a relationship with levels of estrogens that decline after menopause
  - seem to run in some families
* effects one in three women.
* form of early, or chronic, scurvy.
* good example of gender-based differences.
* greater risk to many whose mobility is limited.
* growing medical problem.
* has no early on symptoms
  - geographic, gender or socio-economic boundaries
  - the most significant impact on life span
* have no geographical, gender or socioeconomic boundaries.
* includes diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
* increases dramatically after menopause when menstrual periods stop
  - stroke risk six times above normal
* increases the risk of coronary heart disease
* is America s number one killer.
* is America's number one killer, and stroke is the leading cause of disability
  - one in five
  - number-one killer
  - Britain's biggest overall killer of women
  - almost twice as likely to develop in inactive people
  - also the leading cause of death in the United States
* is an added risk
  - epidemic in the United States
* is an equal opportunity killer - affecting both sexes, every race, and all ages
  - important risk factor for stroke
  - inevitable result of aging
  - any disorder that affects the heart's ability to function normally
  - at epidemic proportions in North America and much of the developed world
  - because of excess
  - by far the biggest killer in the United States and other industrialized countries
* is caused by a variety of factors
  - narrowing of the coronary arteries that feed the heart
  - when arteries to the heart become blocked or narrowed
  - common among children with certain varieties of muscular dystrophy
  - complex
  - controllable
  - currently the leading cause of death in America
  - different
  - essentially a disease of middle-aged men
  - extremely rare in infants and children
  - five times more prevalent in diabetics
  - generally lower in light to moderate drinkers
  - greater among African-American men than white men
  - in direct proportion to the concentration of cholesterol in the blood
  - increased when there are high homocysteine levels in the blood
  - irreversible
  - just one of the many applications of bioengineering
* is linked to risk factors
  - the buildup of fatty deposits in blood vessel walls
  - listed as America's number one killer
  - merely the latest common affliction thought to be partly caused by the bacterium
* is more common
  - deadly than all forms of cancer combined
  - likely in people with gum disease then people with healthy gums
  - most common in the western world
  - much less common among vegetarian men, with vegans having the lowest risk of all
* is no longer the leading cause of death in the United States
  - respecter of class or status
  - one of the costliest diseases to treat
* is one of the leading causes of death and disability in western society
  - of premature death in western societies
  - of the death in the United States
  - major complications of diabetes
  - most serious side effects of diabetes
  - number one killers in North America
  - our number one health problem and cause of death
  - presumed to be job-related for pension purposes under state law
  - quite complex, and it takes years and years of studying it to get a clear picture
  - rampant in America
  - recognized as the number one epidemic in American people
  - responsible for over half of the deaths in the Western World
* is still the number one killer of both men and women in the United States
* is the biggest killer of both males and females in the United States
  - cause of approximately half the deaths in the United States each year
  - chief cause of death among American women of all ages
  - greatest killer of women in Israel
* is the leading cause of death among American adults
  - among Pennsylvania females
  - among adults in the United States
  - among both men and women in the United States
  - among both men and women nationwide
  - among nations with high consumption of animal products
  - among women in Pennsylvania and nationwide
  - among women past menopause
  - among women who have gone through menopause
  - and disability among Canadian women
  - for adults worldwide, researchers note
  - for both men and women in the United States
  - for women
  - in America, followed by cancer and stroke
  - in American women
  - in Arizona
  - in Michigan and is higher than the national average
  - in Minnesota
  - in Virginia
  - in both Texas and the nation
  - in people with diabetes
  - in postmenopausal women
  - in the United States and in many other countries
  - in the United States today
  - in women and a major cause of ill health and disability
  - is post- menapausal women
  - of women in the United States
  - diabetes-related deaths
* is the leading cause of hospitalization and death among mid-life and older women
  - and death among midlife and older women
* is the leading cause of mortality in the United States
  - permanent disability among working adults
* is the leading killer of both men and women in the United States today
  - mean AND women in the United States
* is the leading killer of men and women in America
  - the elderly
  - women in America and other developed nations
* is the major cause of death among diabetics
  - in Wales
  - in the U.S., followed by cancer
  - health problem facing women
* is the most common cause of cardiac arrest
  - death for people in the western hemisphere
  - medical cause of death in people with severe anorexia
  - nation s leading killer
* is the nation's number one killer and stroke is number three
  - killer, almost equal to all other diseases combined
  - top killer, and it has been for decades
* is the number one cause of death among men
  - death among women in the United States
  - death in adults
  - death in the U.S. for both men and women
  - death in the U.S., affecting both men and women
  - mortality in women , killing more women than men each year
  - killer and it can be prevented
* is the number one killer for men
  - women in the U.S. and the leading cause for disability
* is the number one killer in America
  - our country
  - the U.S., responsible for half the deaths
  - the USA today
  - the United States and a top contender in other countries
  - the United States and several other industrial countries
  - the United States and smoking accounts for much of it
  - today's society
* is the number one killer of American men and women
  - American women as well as Kentucky women
  - adults in Indiana
  - women in the U.S., more than all cancers combined
  - two killer in France, while it remains number one in America
  - number-one killer in the United States
* is the number-one killer of both men and women
  - women in North America
  - other leading cause of early death among women
  - second leading cause of death for all people in the United States
* is the single biggest killer in the United States and many industrialized countries
  - top killer in the United States, responsible for about half of all deaths
  - three times more common amongst smokers
  - two to four times more common among people with diabetes
  - typically, and wrongly, though of as mostly a disease among men
  - used to describe disease, which affects the body's blood circulation
* is very common in the United States
  - treatable at virtually every stage
* is, by far, the biggest killer.
* kills far more women than breast cancer
  - half of the people with diabetes who die each year
  - many more women than female cancers
* kills more American and Canadian women every year than all cancers combined
  - women than does any other disease
  - people every year than lung cancer
  - than five times as many women as breast and ovarian cancers combined
* kills more women annually than men
  - each year than cancer, accidents, and diabetes combined
  - in South Dakota each year than any other cause
  - then men
* kills twice as many women as all forms of cancer combined
  - all types of cancer combined
* leading cause of death among U.S. men and women
  - for all people in the United States and Florida
* major cause of death in Australia
  - health problem and leading cause of death in America today
* means a problem with the heart.
* much bigger problem for older men than for older women.
* needs to be treated by a physician.
* occurs with increased frequency in association with certain risk factors.
* ranks as the number one cause of death in the United States.
* remain a major cause of early death in the Western population, including Canada.
* remains the greatest killer of African American women.
* remains the leading cause of death among U.S. men and women
  - nation's leading killer
* remains the number one cause of death for men and for women in the United States
* remains the number one killer in the United States
  - of both men and women in United States
* rises in young people.
* serious condition that requires close medical attention
  - risk for women, too
* tends to occur earlier and be more severe in people with diabetes.
* tends to run in families with a history of it
* term used to refer to diseases of the heart and blood vessel system.
* trait that clearly has both environmental and genetic components.
* very common problem for much of the population
  - serious disease, there are many forms of heart disease and all are deadly