7 Ways to Keep Your Heart Ticking

JOAN HERRMANN|

AS THE month of February approaches, our attention turns to matters of the heart. February is all about hearts – but not just the candy kind. It’s also American Heart Month, a time to turn our thoughts to keeping families and communities free from heart disease.

Heart disease kills more women than cancer, diabetes and stroke. It will claim the lives of one in three, killing more than 400,000 each year. The good news is that a majority of these cases may be prevented through education and lifestyle changes.

Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a “man’s disease,” fewer women than men survive their first heart attack.

According to Dr. Mark Menolascino, author of the book, Heart Solution for Women: A Proven Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, women present differently and their heart disease signs may be subtle – anxiety, heartburn, nausea, digestive issues –