Calculating your health risk?

I did a search on "heart attack risk" and I was surprised. I've never seen so many websites that help you calculate your risk of heart disease. Although helpful and convenient I can't help think that most of those calculators don't get information about family history, information that is pertinent.

Here is an example I found a website with a heart attack risk calculator. It ask for your blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, age, gender, and history of smoking. The results estimates your 10-year risk of having a heart attack. I really wonder how they come up with estimate for 10 years of your life. The good thing about the website it highlights that people with no none heart problems should use the tool.

Overall preventive health screening is a great way to get ahead of any potential serious health problems.

Health screening can encompass so many health risk such as stroke risk, heart attack risk, and Peripheral Artery Disease.

Reading Food Labels For a Healthy Heart

More and more I'm finding that people will tell you just about anything to sell you something. I'm noticing more foods promising to be "All Natural" and "Heart healthy." I ofter wonder how sincere the advertisers of these products are. Is it possible if I eat only these foods my risk for health problems will decrease?

Although these products make these great claims to improve the health of your heart I would not rely on them alone. Plus, these foods can't detect stroke risk or risk of other serious illnesses.

In order to detect your risk for stroke you need preventive health screening. So I'll continue to read the labels and stick with foods that are making these claims but I've also decided to use the internet to do my homework on the claims and see if a product's claim has been tested and has shown results. In other words I will take control to detect stroke risk for myself and not rely on others.

7 Things I Didn't Know: Detecting Stroke Risk

I did not know:

1. Certain drugs such as amphetamines and cocaine can cause stroke.
2. Most strokes can damage the brain within minutes.
3. Detecting your risk of stroke isn't as complicated as it may seem.
4. I recently found out that regular dental exams can help detect heart problems.
5. Certain heart problems can be detected and diagnosed with a CT scan or MRI.
6. A doctor can make a diagnosis of stroke based on a physical examination and a detailed history.
7. I did not know there is mobile health screening.

There are probably a lot more things I will learn but mostly is that I can detect stroke risk a lot easier than I thought.