Friday, February 1, 2013

If you get less than 8 hours of sleep at night you're at a higher risk for heart disease

If you get less than 8 hours of sleep at night you're at a higher risk for heart disease?
I just heard it on the news!!! but who listens to the news anyway :D
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Hmm... that's a tricky one. From what I have read everyone has different sleep needs, so some people might need 10 hours on average and others 7. I think that you will find that 8 hours is a general guideline. The thing to remember is that if you do not look after your health eg. get enough sleep, then you put extra strain on your body and therefore increase your risk of getting any sort of negative health condition. It's probably more important to look at your lifestyle overall eg. the food you eat, your exercise and your sleep rather than one thing in isolation.
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When you do not get enough sleep this is usually caused by stress. Decrease your stress and maybe you can sleep better. Sleep is very important for your whole body to rejuvenate including your heart.
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if that was true i'd have had a heart attack by now i get about 6
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oh this i woudn't knowing thank u
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Well, considering your heart slows down while you sleep, thus resting your heart... it wouldn't surprise me! Consider this: if you sleep 8 hours a night every night for 77.8 years (average life expectancy in the US), then you'd get almost 23,000 hours of sleep in your lifetime. Using an average rate of 80 beats per minute (60-100) and 77.8 years again, your heart beats approximately 3,271,334,400... not counting exercising or anything of the sort interfering.... However, if when you're sleeping, your heart rate decreases to closer to 60 beats per minute... so that means during those 23,000 hours of sleep, your heart beats 82,800,000 times throughout your life while you're sleeping... Ok, so I know I haven't really concluded anything here, but the numbers are impressive! Also, consider this: very generally speaking, people who get less sleep have worse lifestyle habits as those who get a decent amount of sleep at night, also contributing to heart disease... coffee & soda to help stay up or stress

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Monday, January 28, 2013

what causes heart disease for young people under 20

what causes heart disease for young people under 20?
im only 17 and ive been haveing cheast pain do you think i have heart disease
Heart Diseases - 5 Answers
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probably not. probably anxiety. BUT you should see the doctor. Heart disease in youth is normally caused by inherited family genes.
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it is a rear possibility.
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Probably not but some diseases can cause chest pain...I suffer from a thyroid disease and high blood pressure and I know that can sometimes cause chest pains so it might be a number of causes for your chest pain...Your should tell an adult and seek professional help if you are experiencing chest pains!
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Every organ in your chest and some in the abdomen could cause chest pain. Stomach problems are most often mistaken for heart problems by the average person. Heart problems at your age are most often inherited. That means in anyone in the last 4 generations of your family had a heart defect, then you are at risk for one too. Basically most people carry the risk of developing the heart defect. Most at your age don't find out unless there is a serious problem.
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Absolutely not. Heart Disease is a mixture of a genetic and environmental causes. This takes a minimum of 30 years for a heart to become so unhealthy that it is characterized as heart disease. Go see your doctor for your chest pain

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

how long does it take to get a disease like cancer or heart disease from second hand smoke

how long does it take to get a disease like cancer or heart disease from second hand smoke?

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depends how much contact of there is. i think many years, if breathed in regulary
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depends on how much smoke is being inhaled and the person they might never get it or they could get it in two years
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it usually takes effect as soon asyou inhale the second hand smoke
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Not for a good 10 years but when it does then it will be a b***h
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There's no simple answer to this. Someone who is exposed daily to large amounts of second hand smoke might live to 110 without ever having cancer or heart disease, whereas someone else might have problems within a couple of years of only light exposure. It's best to avoid exposure as much as possible, and live the rest of your life as healthily as possible.
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Hard to tell. It make take decades, but there is no question that second hand exposure is responsible for an elevated number of deaths from cigarettes. Most problems begin to occur after twenty years of smoking.
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It would be from prolonged exposure for most people. Some people might never get those 2 diseases from second hand smoke. Everyone's different when it comes to susceptibility.
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This is not a smart question for Yahoo Answers since the majority of the people answering just so happen to be in the age range of 10-16.
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One week, 3 days, and 7 hours, and 45 minutes.
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There are people that have smoked all their lives and dont have cancer or heart disease. It all depends on if you are predetermined to the genes that cause cancer and heart disease.
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There is no line where before you are safe and after you are not safe. Any exposure can lead to cancer of heart disease and the more, the higher the chances of complications. It doesn't work that you can be exposed until you start to have symptoms, and then you should not be exposed anymore. Exposure in childhood can lead to complications right away, or in 20, 30, 40 years.
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Several years, and it is not always a hundred percent link, it is an increased risk

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