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    Healing Hearts Brochure

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    Cardiovascular diseases account for 1 in every 3 deaths in the United States. The document discusses how the heart works and symptoms to watch out for, including chest pain and pain in the arms or legs. It also provides treatment options such as weight control, medication, and cardiac rehabilitation. The importance of a healthy lifestyle through exercise and nutrition is emphasized.

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    Cardiovascular diseases account for 1 in every 3 deaths in the United States. The document discusses how the heart works and symptoms to watch out for, including chest pain and pain in the arms or legs. It also provides treatment options such as weight control, medication, and cardiac rehabilitation. The importance of a healthy lifestyle through exercise and nutrition is emphasized.

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    Cardiovascular diseases account for 1 in every 3 deaths in the United States. The document discusses how the heart works and symptoms to watch out for, including chest pain and pain in the arms or legs. It also provides treatment options such as weight control, medication, and cardiac rehabilitation. The importance of a healthy lifestyle through exercise and nutrition is emphasized.

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    Cardiovascular diseases account for 1 in every 3 deaths in the United States. The document discusses how the heart works and symptoms to watch out for, including chest pain and pain in the arms or legs. It also provides treatment options such as weight control, medication, and cardiac rehabilitation. The importance of a healthy lifestyle through exercise and nutrition is emphasized.

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    CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
    ACCOUNT Contact:
    FOR 1 IN EVERY 3 DEATHS IN korbin.caldwell@bobcats.gcsu.edu

    THE UNITED STATES


    CREATING AWARENESS ON
    HOW TO COMMUNICATE:
    TREATMENT OPTIONS:
     Weight Control Cardiac Family History:
     Medication A family history of heart disease
     Cardiac Rehabilitation increases your risk of coronary
    HOW THE HEART WORKS:
    artery disease, especially if a par-
    Your heart is a pump. It's a muscular ent developed it at an early age.
    organ about the size of your fist, sit-
    uated slightly left of center in your
    chest. Your heart is divided into the
    right and the left side. The division HOW TO KEEP YOUR
    prevents oxygen-rich blood from HEART HEALTHY:
    mixing with oxygen-poor blood. Oxy-
    gen-poor blood returns to the heart  Perform at home activities
    after circulating through your body. that involve exercise.
     Nutrition (make sure you are

    SYMPTOMS TO WATCH eating the right amount of


    OUT FOR: fruits and vegetables).

     Chest pain, chest tightness,


    chest pressure and chest dis-
    comfort (angina). "With a EVALUATING THE RISK:
     Pain, numbness, weakness or  Using the Check, Change,
    coldness in your legs or arms healthy heart, Control Calculator. This
    if the blood vessels in those
    parts of your body are nar- the beat helps reduce the risk of fu-
    ture heart attacks/ strokes.
    rowed. goes on."
     Pain in the neck, jaw, throat,
    upper abdomen or back.

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