English 101

Justine Conway
December 16, 2015

Living with Heart Disease

Heart disease is amongst one of the many killers in the United States. Heart disease is
common in men, however it has become more prevalent in women; however, with heart disease
being the number one killer in women. Heart disease often varies based on the gender of the
person. There are many ways that someone could lower the possibility of getting heart disease
and that is by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and the aversion from smoking.
According to the American Heart Association about 610,000 Americans die each year
from complications due to heart disease. When someone thinks about heart disease they tend to
believe that this rarely occur in women and it only occurs in men. Theres a myth that women
dont get heart disease and that appears to be untrue based on an article written by Roxana
Mehran on secondcounts.org; the article states that heart disease is the number one killer in
women in the United States. In women worldwide, cardiovascular disease is the most common
cause of death. Nearly twice as many women die from heart disease, stroke and other
cardiovascular diseases than from all forms of cancer combined. Also, in the article by Roxana
Mehran it states the amount of estrogen that a woman has in her body does not have any effect
on women developing heart disease. However, the loss of natural estrogen may contribute to the
risk of a heart attack as the woman ages but no studies have confirmed that it will protect all
women (AHA). Heart disease differ in men according to AHA only one in three adult men has
heart disease. In men when they say heart disease it is mainly a stepping stone for other diseases
such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, angina and other heart related
infections. According to the Center of Disease Control in 2009 heart disease was the leading
cause of men in racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Having roughly 8.5% of white men,

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7.9% of black men and 6.3% of Mexican American men die from coronary heart disease; and,
half of these men have no previous symptoms.
With coronary heart disease alone costing the United States $108.9 billion dollars each
year; including but not limited to the cost of health care services, medication and loss of
productivity.(Mehran) There are many ways that one could lower the chances of getting heart
disease and that is by diet and exercise if someone maintains a healthy regime then they would
reduce the chances of not only heart disease but obesity and diabetes also and with that being a
big issue within the United States that would be helping themselves in more ways than one. With
the cost of cigarettes being about $7 a pack just imagine if you bought them 4 times a week thats
between 16-20 packs a month, annually thats 192-240 packs a year thats $1,344-$1,680
someone could be spending on cigarettes when the pack clearly states that cigarettes cause death.
Someone could find ways to try to keep yourself busy just make sure you laugh often, get plenty
of rest, walk for at least 15 minutes and always remember to count your blessings just because it
is not you that has experienced dont mean that it cant be.
In conclusion heart disease is one of the most common killers in the United States. There
are many risk factors that could put someone at a greater chance of obtaining it however, only
someone who is serious about his or her health can prevent themselves from heart disease, and
that is by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising regularly and trying to avoid smoking at all cost

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December 16, 2015

Work Cited

Mehran, Roxana Myths about women and heart disease.secondscount.org.october2015.web

Kahn, Joel 8 ways to prevent stress and heart disease. Readers Digest. September 2015.web
American Heart Association
Center of Disease Control

Summary of what I revised

In essay 4 the corrections that I made were simple grammatical errors like when I
separated sentences with words such as (however, but, and etc...). I failed to put the proper
punctuation in it. Another one is when Im citing a source in my essay and its a big corporation I
made the mistake of not letting my audience know what the whole name of the organization is I
just abbreviated it. Last but not least my citations between my first and last essay I was confused
on how to cite where I got my information from I thought that if I put the link that I received my
information from then that was proper citation I soon realized that I had to dig much deeper than
that and cite the exact article that I got the information from and the author.