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Get Schooled on
Heart Failure
20%
The decreased risk of early-onset heart failure in heart
attack patients who were college educated compared with
those who attended primary school. Patients who graduated from high school or vocational school experienced a
9% decrease in heart failure risk. When examining lateonset heart failure, patients with secondary or tertiary
education had 14% and 27% lower risk of heart failure,
respectively, compared to patients with primary education.
Source:
European
Society
of Cardiology.
Press
release.
JulyJuly
19, 2016
Source:
European
Society
of Cardiology.
Press
release.
19, 2016
Watch Out
Binge-Watchers!
70%
The increased risk of dying from
a pulmonary embolism among
those who watched 2.5 to 4.9
hours of television daily compared to those who watched less
than 2.5 hours. This increase
was 40% greater for each additional two hours of television
viewing, and 2.5 times higher
among those who watched five
or more hours a day.
Source: Circulation. News release. July 25, 2016.
More Reasons to
Get a Flu Shot
19%
The reduction in heart attack readmissions during flu season
in patients with type two diabetes who had received a flu shot.
There was also a 30% reduction in admissions for stroke, 22%
for heart failure and 15% for pneumonia or the flu. People who
were vaccinated also had a 24% lower death rate than patients who were not vaccinated.
Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal. Press release. July 25, 2016.
Move More to
Help Your Heart
21%
The decreased risk of death for each measurable increase in fitness
levels. The importance of physical fitness in mortality was second
only to smoking, and higher than high cholesterol and
high blood pressure.
Source: HealthDay. News article. July 27, 2016.
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