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How This Army Vet Is Winning Her Battle with Heart Disease Written by Cathy Cassata on February 22, 2021 — Fact checked by Maria Gifford While heart disease is the number one killer of women, it’s preventable about 80percent of the time. American Heart Association Go Red for Women Combat veteran Dani Aylsworth shares her compelling story about overcoming PTSD, alcohol misuse, and heart failure to win back her health one battle at a time. At 23 years old, Dani Aylsworth was a new mom and the only woman in her special forces unit of the U.S. Army. Deployed to Afghanistan, she found herself ...

Problems with the cardiovascular system can show themselves in a lot of different ways. One person in the U.S. will die from cardiovascular disease every 36 seconds, making it one of the leading causes of death for Americans. Additionally, roughly 655,000 Americans die from heart complications each year — which breaks down to one in every four deaths. While these stats are alarming, it’s more alarming that many people are totally unaware of the small, insidious signs that could indicate cardiovascular issues. “Many people look to chest pain as a warning sign of cardiovascular disease,�...

A 30-year-old pregnant woman with no family history of heart disease was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy.

Health experts seeing more women suffering heart attacks at much younger ages Heart disease has been No. 1 killer of women for years and last updated 2021-02-15 17:52:25-05 “It’s how I can know that I can get up and continue to keep going and that no obstacle can beat me,” she said. Corbin has a college degree in dance theater and during the pandemic, she taught dance classes online. After a training session one night this summer, she woke up the next morning with a heavy pain in her chest. “I couldn’t feel my left arm and my right arm was numb from the shoulder to...

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