Heart Disease: It Can Happen at Any Age

Remember that Health & Wellness is not a substitute for regular physicals especially as we age! Make sure to check in with your physician regularly!

A Reminder from Center for Disease Control

Heart Disease: It Can Happen at Any Age

“Heart disease doesn’t happen just to older adults. It is happening to younger adults more and more often. This is partly because the conditions that lead to heart disease are happening at younger ages.

February is American Heart Month, the perfect time to learn about your risk for heart disease and the steps you need to take now to help your heart.

Heart disease—and the conditions that lead to it—can happen at any age.

High rates of obesity and high blood pressure among younger people (ages 35–64) are putting them at risk for heart disease earlier in life.

Nearly half of all Americans have at least one of the top three risk factors for heart disease: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking.” -CDC (Center for Disease Control)