Increasing risks lead to rise in cardiovascular diseases

Every year, approximately 17.3 million people are currently dying of cardiovascular disease every year. According to projections by the World Health Organisation. The scientifically sound and generally understandable guide has just been published by MANZ-Verlag in MedUni Vienna's "Gesundheit.Wissen" (Health.Knowledge) series. Virtually all risks to heart health can be "minimised and often even eliminated" through lifestyle changes and/or medication, encourages Christian Hengstenberg, Head of the University Department of Internal Medicine II and the Clinical Department of Cardiology at MedUni Vienna, to take preventive action. For example, studies show that merely five to ten minutes of daily exercise significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. It has also been scientifically proven that lowering the systolic ("first") blood pressure value by just 5 mm HG reduces the risk of suffering a heart attack by ten percent. The heart health of smokers, whose risk of heart attack is twice as high as that of lifelong non-smokers, demonstrably and measurably benefits from quitting smoking even at an advanced age.