Six Key Steps to Reduce Heart Attack Risk

You can decrease your danger of having a heart attack—even if you already have coronary heart disease (CHD) or have had a earlier heart attack. The key is to take steps to prevent or manage your heart disease risk factors.

Six Key Steps to Reduce Heart Attack Risk
Taking these steps will decrease your risk of having a heart attack:

• Stop smoking 
• Lower high blood pressure 
• Reduce high blood cholesterol 
• Aim for a healthy weight 
• Keep yourself physically active 
• Control diabetes

Breast Tenderness, Nipple Enlargement And Increased Breast Size in Pregnancy

Changes and greater than before swelling and softness in the breast and nipples are one of the common very early signs of pregnancy. Many times, a woman may notice these changes and blame them on a particularly ill-fitting or uncomfortable bra or other article of clothing. But, the sensitive woman will notice these changes for what they are – a new life is beginning to grow inside her with the new pregnancy.


Nipples, mostly the dark area around the nipple called the areola, enlarge and darken in expectation of breastfeeding the new infant. These changes are due almost fully to hormone releases in the body, all in anticipation of sustaining the new life within. Some experts say the darkening of the areolas serves a purpose – helping the newly born child find the nipple easier for feeding. These changes to the breast and nipple areas should return to normal after birth.

Prominent and Possible Signs of Pregnancy

Pregnancy Sign	Category
Missed period	Possible
Unusual or abnormal period	Possible
Just "feeling" pregnant	Possible
Nausea and Vomiting	Possible
Changes in libido	Possible
Soreness of the Breasts	Possible
Enlargement of the Breasts	Possible
Frequent Urination	Possible
Strange Cravings	Possible
Fatigue	Possible
Montgomery's Tubercules	Possible
Skin Changes	Possible
Stretch Marks	Possible
Enlarging Uterus	Possible
Movement	Possible
Colostrum from Breasts	Possible
Enlarged Abdomen	Probable
Change in uterine shape	Probable
Braxton Hicks Contractions	Probable
Palpation of the Baby	Probable
Positive Pregnancy Test	Positive
Fetal Heart Tones	Positive
Ultrasound Detection	Positive
X-ray Detection	Positive

Signs and symptoms of pregnancy

Are you searching Signs of pregnancy or pregnancy symptoms are and how likely they are to signify that you are pregnant. You can ask other people, you can be anxious in quiet, but the best thing is to read throughout the categories and check the signs. The more you have the more likely you are to be pregnant.

Mostly women when think about very early symptoms of pregnancy, they automatically assume that a missed period is the top symptom. Would you be surprised that a missed period isn’t even in the top 5 very early symptoms of pregnancy?

By the time a woman has become aware of a missed period due to a pregnancy, at least 5 other symptoms may have made themselves known, possibly weeks before the scheduled period. Here are five very early signs of pregnancy that can be noticed by a sensitive mother-to-be. And, all five can happen long before a period has been missed.

• Elevated Basal Body Temperature 
• Breast Tenderness, Nipple Enlargement And Increased Breast Size 
• Fatigue And Exhaustion 
• Constipation 
• Nausea And Vomiting

What is Heart Failure?

Heart failure is a state in which the heart can't pump enough blood throughout the body. Heart failure does not mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop working. It means that your heart is not able to push blood the way it should.
The failing of the heart's pumping capacity cause

• Blood and fluid to back up into the lungs 
• The buildup of fluid in the feet, ankles and legs 
• Tiredness and shortness of breath

Heart failure (see the images below) can be caused by myocardial breakdown but may also occur in the occurrence of near-normal cardiac function under conditions of high demand. Heart failure always origin circulatory failure, but the converse is not necessarily the case, because various noncardiac conditions (eg, hypovolemic shock, septic shock) can produce circulatory failure in the presence of normal, modestly impaired, or even supranormal cardiac function. To continue the pumping function of the heart, compensatory mechanism increase blood volume, cardiac filling pressure, heart speed, and cardiac muscle mass. However, despite these mechanisms, there is progressive decline in the capability of the heart to contract and relax, resulting in worsening heart failure.

What is Congestive heart failure (CHF)?

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a state in which the heart's job as a pump is insufficient to distribute oxygen rich blood to the body. Congestive heart failure can be origin by:

• Diseases that grow weaker the heart muscle.
• Diseases that cause thicken of the heart muscles. 
• Diseases that increase oxygen require by the body tissue beyond the potential of the heart to deliver sufficient oxygen-rich blood.

Many diseases can impair the pumping action of the ventricles. For example, the muscles of the ventricles can be weakened by heart attacks, infections (myocarditis) or toxins (alcohol, some chemotherapy agents).