Lifestyle factors

• Alcohol and your health: Weighing the pros and cons
• Nicotine dependence
• Obesity
• Stop-smoking products to help you quit

Diseases and conditions

• Broken heart syndrome: Is bad news bad for your heart?
• Have diabetes? Stop cardiovascular disease in its tracks
• High blood cholesterol
• Metabolic syndrome
• Rheumatic fever
• Sleep apnea: Can it cause heart disease?

Tools

• Podcast: Erectile dysfunction and heart disease — What's the connection?
• Tool: Heart disease risk calculator

Ask a heart specialist

• Energy drinks: Are they bad for my heart?
• Gout: Does it increase my risk of heart disease?
• Waist-to-hip ratio: A risk factor for heart disease?

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