QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Heart disease kills more women than all types of cancer combined.
TRUE
Many women don’t realize how much risk they face when it comes to heart disease, the NHLBI says. Men’s risk rises after age 40, and women’s risk rises about
10 years later, after menopause. Although more men have heart disease, women
are more likely to die from a first heart attack. The average 50-year-old woman is
three times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than breast cancer, the
NHLBI says.
2. For a healthy heart you need to exercise strenuously each day.
FALSE
Many people avoid exercise in the belief that it will do no good unless they perspire heavily and gasp for breath. This is not true. Work on accumulating 40 minutes on average of moderate-to-high intensity physical activity three to four days a week.
3. If you think you’re having a heart attack, you have up to two hours to decide what to do.
FALSE
Many people avoid exercise in the belief that it will do no good unless they perspire heavily and gasp for breath. This is not true. Work on accumulating 40 minutes on average of moderate-to-high intensity physical activity three to four days a week.
To schedule an appointment with a Christian Hospital heart specialist, call 314.747.WELL(9355).