Dr. Oz Heart Disease: The Shocking Truth
More than 1 in 4 women die from America’s #1 killer: Heart disease. The brand new risk factors for women. Joining Dr. Oz is Dr. Bairey Merz with new risk predictors for heart disease in women.
Dr. Oz Heart Disease Risk Factors
WEDNESDAY – MARCH 16, 2011 – "THE NEW HEART DISEASE RISK FOR WOMEN! SHOCKING TRUTHS ABOUT HEART ATTACKS AND WOMEN " Heart Disease Risks; Dr. Oz goes through the new list of heart disease risks for women-3 new heart disease risk factors with Dr. Noel Bairey Merz. More than 1 in 4 women die from America’s #1 killer: Heart disease. The brand new risk factors for women. Joining Dr. Oz is Dr. Bairey Merz explaining up until recently doctors were only relying on studying the number one killer in this country in men. Today Dr. Oz reveals the new heart disease risk factors for women along with the stage full of women wearing T Shirts with the year they are most likely to die of a heart attack.
Don't miss the warning signs for heart disease - Why do more women than men die from heart disease? More than one in four women die from heart disease, nearly triple the number of breast and lung cancer combined. heart disease has been declining in men for more than 25 years.
Dr. Noel Bairey Merz wants to improve the odds for women, she is the Director of Women’s Heart Center Cedars Sinai, in the field women and preventive heart disease. Men and women are not the same when it comes to heart disease says Dr. Bairey Merz. Identifying new risk factors for heart disease in women, new predictors is the holy grail in cardiology today. Up until now heart disease risk factors were the same for men and women but this is a battle women need to fight even more then men.
Dr. Bairey Merz said the biggest obstacle is that women don't think their going to get heart disease, they don't take action and physicians don't think that young to mid life women can get heart disease. More women now die of heart disease than men. Heart disease is a woman's problem says Dr. Merz.
3 Heart Disease Risk Factors In Women;
1. New heart disease risk factor for women HDL Cholesterol Levels; The old rule was your HDL level be at least 40 for men and women. The new rule is that women HDL level above 50, women need higher HDL levels to protect themselves against the arterial plaque (clogged arteries)
2. New heart disease risk factor menstrual cycle; Your period has an impact on heart disease - The new rule is your periods are important risk factor for heart disease in women. Dr. Merz said that Irregular periods are a risk factor for heart disease, it is an indicator of two conditions, one is called Polycystic ovary syndrome and the other is inadequate ovulatory functioning, not enough ovulation and therefore lower estrogen levels. This means your hormones ar not working ideally said Oz.
Dr. Merz explained what an irregular period really means - with a chart she describes a young woman's period cycle of a regular period in the month of April, skips her period in the month of May (maybe some breakthrough bleeding), in June she finally has her period but it's too short, that's an irregular menstrual cycling and if you have this happen regularly, that's the definition.
All women go through menopause, between the ages of 45 and 55 natural menopause occurs and you'll start to have irregular cycles that is a normal function and it doesn't put you at risk for heart disease. It's while your younger that 45 this irregularity counts.
3. New heart disease risk factor problems during pregnancy; Old Rule-pregancy had no impact on heart disease. The new rule complications during pregnancy can dramatically impact your risk of heart disease.
Preeclampsia-hypertension,high blood pressure during pregnancy, gestational diabetes or a tendency to spill sugar while your pregnant, gaining weight and becoming obese during pregnancy, these are the 3 new risk factors for heart disease in women.
The Barbra Streisand Foundation is supporting this, if we can identify a good questionnaire and women can tell us accurately about Preeclampsia this will be better than cholesterol and high blood pressure says Dr. Merz.
Dr. Oz said if you have said yes to any of these risk factors of pregnancy related problems, irregular cycles or the HDL factors, and you think you fall into one of these categories add in the other risk factors you have in your life, you need to look at your risk for heart disease much more seriously especially if you have problems with blood pressure and blood sugars.
Oz said by the time your age 45 and you have one of these risk factors you need to get a general practitioner and tell him about these risk factors (You have to tell them about it, they are not going to ask you about it)
These are factors that affect risk for heart disease in women at about the same rate as men:
More than 1 in 4 women die from America’s #1 killer: Heart disease. The brand new risk factors for women. Joining Dr. Oz is Dr. Bairey Merz with new risk predictors for heart disease in women.
Dr. Oz Heart Disease Risk Factors
WEDNESDAY – MARCH 16, 2011 – "THE NEW HEART DISEASE RISK FOR WOMEN! SHOCKING TRUTHS ABOUT HEART ATTACKS AND WOMEN " Heart Disease Risks; Dr. Oz goes through the new list of heart disease risks for women-3 new heart disease risk factors with Dr. Noel Bairey Merz. More than 1 in 4 women die from America’s #1 killer: Heart disease. The brand new risk factors for women. Joining Dr. Oz is Dr. Bairey Merz explaining up until recently doctors were only relying on studying the number one killer in this country in men. Today Dr. Oz reveals the new heart disease risk factors for women along with the stage full of women wearing T Shirts with the year they are most likely to die of a heart attack.
Don't miss the warning signs for heart disease - Why do more women than men die from heart disease? More than one in four women die from heart disease, nearly triple the number of breast and lung cancer combined. heart disease has been declining in men for more than 25 years.
Dr. Noel Bairey Merz wants to improve the odds for women, she is the Director of Women’s Heart Center Cedars Sinai, in the field women and preventive heart disease. Men and women are not the same when it comes to heart disease says Dr. Bairey Merz. Identifying new risk factors for heart disease in women, new predictors is the holy grail in cardiology today. Up until now heart disease risk factors were the same for men and women but this is a battle women need to fight even more then men.
Dr. Bairey Merz said the biggest obstacle is that women don't think their going to get heart disease, they don't take action and physicians don't think that young to mid life women can get heart disease. More women now die of heart disease than men. Heart disease is a woman's problem says Dr. Merz.
Dr. Oz Risk Factors For Heart Disease In Women
3 Heart Disease Risk Factors In Women;
1. New heart disease risk factor for women HDL Cholesterol Levels; The old rule was your HDL level be at least 40 for men and women. The new rule is that women HDL level above 50, women need higher HDL levels to protect themselves against the arterial plaque (clogged arteries)
2. New heart disease risk factor menstrual cycle; Your period has an impact on heart disease - The new rule is your periods are important risk factor for heart disease in women. Dr. Merz said that Irregular periods are a risk factor for heart disease, it is an indicator of two conditions, one is called Polycystic ovary syndrome and the other is inadequate ovulatory functioning, not enough ovulation and therefore lower estrogen levels. This means your hormones ar not working ideally said Oz.
Dr. Merz explained what an irregular period really means - with a chart she describes a young woman's period cycle of a regular period in the month of April, skips her period in the month of May (maybe some breakthrough bleeding), in June she finally has her period but it's too short, that's an irregular menstrual cycling and if you have this happen regularly, that's the definition.
All women go through menopause, between the ages of 45 and 55 natural menopause occurs and you'll start to have irregular cycles that is a normal function and it doesn't put you at risk for heart disease. It's while your younger that 45 this irregularity counts.
3. New heart disease risk factor problems during pregnancy; Old Rule-pregancy had no impact on heart disease. The new rule complications during pregnancy can dramatically impact your risk of heart disease.
Preeclampsia-hypertension,high blood pressure during pregnancy, gestational diabetes or a tendency to spill sugar while your pregnant, gaining weight and becoming obese during pregnancy, these are the 3 new risk factors for heart disease in women.
The Barbra Streisand Foundation is supporting this, if we can identify a good questionnaire and women can tell us accurately about Preeclampsia this will be better than cholesterol and high blood pressure says Dr. Merz.
Dr. Oz said if you have said yes to any of these risk factors of pregnancy related problems, irregular cycles or the HDL factors, and you think you fall into one of these categories add in the other risk factors you have in your life, you need to look at your risk for heart disease much more seriously especially if you have problems with blood pressure and blood sugars.
Oz said by the time your age 45 and you have one of these risk factors you need to get a general practitioner and tell him about these risk factors (You have to tell them about it, they are not going to ask you about it)
Traditional Risk Factors For Heart Disease
These are factors that affect risk for heart disease in women at about the same rate as men:
- Your age. More than 83 percent of people who die of heart disease are age 65 or older.
- Your family history. If you have a parent who has or had heart disease, you're more likely to get it. Risk also tends to be higher for African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and some Asian Americans.
- High blood pressure. When you have high blood pressure, your heart has to work harder and your risk for heart disease goes up.
- High cholesterol. Your risk for heart disease also goes up when your blood cholesterol level goes up.
- Obesity. Even when you don't have other risk factors, being overweight or obese raises your risk of heart disease, particularly if you have fat around your midsection.
- Metabolic syndrome. By definition, having a combination of three or more of these symptoms — a large waistline, insulin resistance, low levels of "good" cholesterol, and elevated triglyceride levels — raises the risk for heart disease, but the risk between men and women is equal, Bairey Merz says. Metabolic syndrome also raises the risk for diabetes.
