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  1. hormone replacement therapy
    hormones are given to postmenopausal women
    Risk factors you cannot control:

    * Family history
    * Age (55 and over)

    Risk factors you can control:

    * Smoking
    * High blood pressure
    * Physical inactivity
    * Diabetes
    * Elevated blood cholesterol levels
    * Overweight
    * Metabolic syndrome (a group of health problems including abdominal obesity, elevated blood glucose levels, and high amounts of cholesterol and triglycerides)
    * Waist measurement of 35 inches or more
    * Hormone replacement therapy
  2. blood glucose
    glucose in the bloodstream
    Risk factors you cannot control:

    * Family history
    * Age (55 and over)

    Risk factors you can control:

    * Smoking
    * High blood pressure
    * Physical inactivity
    * Diabetes
    * Elevated blood cholesterol levels
    * Overweight
    * Metabolic syndrome (a group of health problems including abdominal obesity, elevated blood glucose levels, and high amounts of cholesterol and triglycerides)
    * Waist measurement of 35 inches or more
    * Hormone replacement thera...
  3. EKG
    a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
    Next, further medical information may need to be gathered via blood tests, EKG, an exercise stress test or even a CT scan using next-generation electron beam technology to look into your heart and its blood supply.
  4. coronary heart disease
    a heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart
    Coronary heart disease takes the lives of more than 500,000 women each year and is the No. 1 killer of women over the age of 25.
  5. diagnose
    subject to a medical analysis
    In the past, many medical studies were only done on males, and the model for diagnosing and treating heart disease was based upon this information.
  6. triglyceride
    glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body
    Risk factors you cannot control:

    * Family history
    * Age (55 and over)

    Risk factors you can control:

    * Smoking
    * High blood pressure
    * Physical inactivity
    * Diabetes
    * Elevated blood cholesterol levels
    * Overweight
    * Metabolic syndrome (a group of health problems including abdominal obesity, elevated blood glucose levels, and high amounts of cholesterol and triglycerides)
    * Waist measurement of 35 inches or more
    * Hormone replacement thera...
  7. cardiac
    of or relating to the heart
    It’s estimated that the cardiac death risk for women is 1.7 times that of men.
  8. proactive
    causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond
    Women and their health care providers are beginning to team up to be more proactive in the prevention, recognition and treatment of heart disease.
  9. metabolic
    of or relating to metabolism
    Risk factors you cannot control:

    * Family history
    * Age (55 and over)

    Risk factors you can control:

    * Smoking
    * High blood pressure
    * Physical inactivity
    * Diabetes
    * Elevated blood cholesterol levels
    * Overweight
    * Metabolic syndrome (a group of health problems including abdominal obesity, elevated blood glucose levels, and high amounts of cholesterol and triglycerides)
    * Waist measurement of 35 inches or more
    * Hormone replacement thera...
  10. cardiovascular
    of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels
    In fact, one in four men as well as one in four women has some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
  11. abdominal
    relating to or near the middle region of the body
    Risk factors you cannot control:

    * Family history
    * Age (55 and over)

    Risk factors you can control:

    * Smoking
    * High blood pressure
    * Physical inactivity
    * Diabetes
    * Elevated blood cholesterol levels
    * Overweight
    * Metabolic syndrome (a group of health problems including abdominal obesity, elevated blood glucose levels, and high amounts of cholesterol and triglycerides)
    * Waist measurement of 35 inches or more
    * Hormone replacement thera...
  12. coronary
    surrounding the heart like a crown
    Coronary heart disease takes the lives of more than 500,000 women each year and is the No. 1 killer of women over the age of 25.
  13. unscathed
    not injured
    Most people think heart disease is a man's problem, but when it comes to affairs of the heart, women don’t escape unscathed.
  14. indigestion
    a stomach disorder characterized by discomfort or pain
    What they may experience is an unusual and unexplained fatigue, in addition to one or more of the following symptoms, which may appear in a gradual, rather than sudden, manner:

    * Pressure, fullness, discomfort or squeezing in the center of the chest
    * Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
    * Pounding or a feeling of extra heartbeats
    * Upper abdominal pain
    * Nausea, vomiting or severe indigestion
    * Sweating for no apparent reason
    * Dizziness with weakn...
  15. electron
    an elementary particle with negative charge
    Next, further medical information may need to be gathered via blood tests, EKG, an exercise stress test or even a CT scan using next-generation electron beam technology to look into your heart and its blood supply.
  16. provider
    someone who supplies the means for subsistence
    Women and their health care providers are beginning to team up to be more proactive in the prevention, recognition and treatment of heart disease.
  17. hormone
    the secretion of an endocrine gland transmitted by the blood
    Risk factors you cannot control:

    * Family history
    * Age (55 and over)

    Risk factors you can control:

    * Smoking
    * High blood pressure
    * Physical inactivity
    * Diabetes
    * Elevated blood cholesterol levels
    * Overweight
    * Metabolic syndrome (a group of health problems including abdominal obesity, elevated blood glucose levels, and high amounts of cholesterol and triglycerides)
    * Waist measurement of 35 inches or more
    * Hormone replacement thera...
  18. gradual
    proceeding in small stages
    What they may experience is an unusual and unexplained fatigue, in addition to one or more of the following symptoms, which may appear in a gradual, rather than sudden, manner:

    * Pressure, fullness, discomfort or squeezing in the center of the chest
    * Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
    * Pounding or a feeling of extra heartbeats
    * Upper abdominal pain
    * Nausea, vomiting or severe indigestion
    * Sweating for no apparent reason
    * Dizziness with weakn...
  19. statistic
    a datum that can be represented numerically
    The statistics are depressing.
  20. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
    Now, we have up-to-date information regarding how heart disease manifests in women.
Created on 二月 10, 2011

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