Your Heart Has An 'Age,' Too. Here Are 7 Ways To Keep It Young.
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Your Heart Has An 'Age,' Too. Here Are 7 Ways To Keep It Young.

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LOADING ERROR LOADING If you’re reading this, then it’s safe to say that you’re interested in not just learning more about heart health, but also ways to keep your ticker strong for many years to come. “The Heart Age Calculator is a tool that can help people understand their risk of a cardiovascular event by assessing known cardiac risk factors to estimate a person’s risk compared to a defined healthy range,” said Dr. Joy Gelbman, a cardiologist at Weill Cornell Medicine. “If the heart age is older than a person’s current age, it indicates that there is elevated modifiable risk” for a cardiac event, she said. “For most people, we like LDL levels to be lower than 100 mg/dl to prevent heart attack and/or stroke,” Lepor said. According to Dr. Naga Pannala, a cardiologist at ArchWell Health, getting enough sleep has been shown to reduce the risk for obesity and high blood pressure, which are both risk factors for poor heart health.

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