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Special Heart Issue!

In this issue, we take an in-depth look at your heart—what you can do to keep it healthy and how to know when something might be wrong.

FEATURES:

Three of Hearts 6 Meet three people who were dealt the cards of cardiovascular disease—and triumphed.

The Big One 12 Cardiovascular disease is America’s No. 1 killer, responsible for almost a million deaths each year. Here’s an expert’s take on risk prevention, treatment and ways the disease may diff er depending on who you are.

Worth the Trip 16 Check out our fi ve-star travel guide to the human heart—admission is free, the pace is quick, and you’re guaranteed one eye-opening ride. It’s all mapped out for you here.

Body of Evidence 18 Hardening of the arteries can trigger numerous—and surprising—health problems. Here’s how.

Feel That? It May Mean Th is 20 Know the symptoms of cardiovascular disorders to protect yourself and
help head off health problems.

The Pressure’s On 24 50 million Americans have high blood pressure—and many don’t even know it. Could one be you?

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Three of Heart

meet three people who were dealt the cards of cardiovascular disease—and triumphed.

it's no fairy tale: People do die of broken hearts. Cardiovascular disease—that is, disease of the heart or blood vessels—is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. It kills more people than cancer, more than accidents, far more than AIDS.

That's the bad news. The good news is that death rates from cardiovascular disease declined more than 22 percent from 1993 to 2003. Thanks to new medications and surgical techniques, stepped-up prevention and increased awareness, far more people are living with cardiovascular disease than dying from it. They're learning to eat, exercise, use medications, and monitor their hearts differently than they did before. Here are three of their stories—from the heart....

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