| 1. | Merck Frosst Canada - Heart Disease |
| | Conditions that increase your risk of developing heart disease are called risk factors.... The more risk factors you have, the greater your risk is of developing heart disease.... However, you can reduce your risk of heart disease by modifying your risk factors.... Please choose from the following to learn more about these risk factors and the ways you may be able to control them :... |
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| 2. | Merck Frosst Canada - Arthritis |
| | Find out about risk factors, symptoms, what you can do, what your physician can do to improve your quality of life.... |
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| 3. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | Of the risk factors that you can control, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking are three of the most important.... |
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| 4. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | As soon as you do something about risk factors, your chances improve and you reduce the risk of a second or subsequent heart attack.... If your doctor confirms that you have coronary heart disease, then it is most important that you immediately begin to do something about your risk factors.... |
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| 5. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | These conditions are called " risk factors ".... The more risk factors you have, the more you are in danger of a heart attack.... The combination of high cholesterol and two additional risk factors is serious.... |
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| 6. | Merck Frosst Canada - Proper Eating |
| | Several factors are known to increase your risk for the development and progression of heart disease.These are called risk factors.. Risk factors are either nonmodifiable (can not be changed) or modifiable (can be changed).. Nonmodifiable risk factors include :. Men 45 and older. These factors help define your basic likelihood for developing heart disease.... |
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| 7. | Merck Frosst Canada - Osteoporosis |
| | The risk factors for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women include :... |
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| 8. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | High blood pressure is a common problem that causes few symptoms but is a major risk factor contributing to coronary heart disease.... |
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| 9. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | Exercise not only helps reduce high cholesterol, it may also help reduce other risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and obesity.... To reduce your risk of heart attack, your goal for LDL cholesterol level should be below 3.4 mmol / L (130 mg / dl) if you have two or more risk factors.... |
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| 10. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | Excessive alcohol intake makes risk factors like high blood pressure and being overweight more likely.... |
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