How to Use heart disease in a Sentence

heart disease

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  • The higher the ratio, the greater your risk of heart disease.
    — Knvul Sheikh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The heart must work harder to pump the blood, which can result in heart disease.
    — Sherry Christiansen Updated, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Black people have the highest rates of death from heart disease.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The cause was heart disease, according to a statement by a niece, Noreen Austin.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the drugs treat the same things: diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, and cancer.
    — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Statins are most often used to protect against heart disease and death.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The handful of patients had severe heart disease that had caused chest pain and heart attacks.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Berger uses the analogy of a stress test for heart disease.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
  • If so, there is a greater chance of developing heart disease.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The research showed that Hispanic men in the U.S. had rates of heart disease higher than those in both white men and, in what was a surprise to many, Black men.
    — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Stone then referenced her brother, Patrick Stone, who died last month at age 57 due to heart disease.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Central blood pressure, or the pressure in the aorta—which sends blood from the heart out to the body—is a predictive measure of heart disease and stroke.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 20 Nov. 2023
  • More on heart health 'Good' cholesterol may not protect against heart disease, new science shows.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The goal has remained the same throughout: to support each other in recovery from heart disease.
    — Gina Ryder, STAT, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease, the society said.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The campaign aims to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke in women and inspire people to take charge of their physical and mental health.
    — Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Getting providers on the same page about how to recognize and treat the risk factors for heart disease early on could decrease the number of premature deaths.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But when one study broke out data for the six largest Asian subgroups, deaths due to heart disease for Indian Asians were twice as common as deaths due to cancer.
    — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Those with the closest adherence were about 30% less likely to die of cancer or heart disease than those with the lowest adherence.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Dizziness is one of those symptoms that can have many causes, including heart disease.
    — Carey Rossi, Health, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, or autoimmune diseases—they’re all like the branches on a tree, and the root causes are few.
    — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And other research has shown that plants might also minimize heart disease risk from PM2.5.
    — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Heart conditions, including heart disease, heart attack, and heart failure, have all been linked to cold sweats.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • And controlling your blood pressure is important as high blood pressure can lead to all sorts of health problems such as heart disease and stroke.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Conditions such as asthma and heart disease can become worse.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Those who have lung diseases like COPD or asthma as well as those suffering from heart disease are at highest risk from wildfire smoke.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 8 June 2023
  • Protect yourself against heart disease by doing these small heart-healthy actions.
    — Essence, 15 Feb. 2024
  • So, about three women per 1,000 will not get a heart attack who otherwise would have, making the net effect of combined stroke and heart disease almost none.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But doctors say knowledge is power -- and people with high levels can take other steps to lower their heart disease risk.
    — ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Importantly, the study was not able to determine the cause of death, that is, whether someone died of head and neck cancer or of something else, such as a car accident or heart disease.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 28 Sep. 2023

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