By: Isabella Clark, Editor

  During the month of February, there are many events going on to spread awareness around the world. One important cause is American Heart Awareness.

      Heart disease is a cardiovascular disease which ultimately leads to death and takes over 800,000 lives in the U.S. per year.   Heart disease is a big part of people’s lives in today’s society–many people have relatives who have it and/or pass it along to their children. 

     Heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S. for both men and women. 

      In modern day, professionals try to  focus on preventing one in five heart-related deaths. They encourage having healthy life styles, diets, exercise and making sure they recognize warning signs. 

     The American Heart Association prompts people to do eight key heart measures for heart health: eat better, be active, quit tobacco, get a healthy sleep, manage weight, control cholesterol, control blood pressure and control blood sugar. 

     By doing all of these procedures, many people can stay  it will become more likely to keep people  on track for a healthy heart, and allow for  early symptoms of a heart disease to become noticeable. 

          Some of the most common warning signs of a heart disease in today’s world are chest, neck, jaw or back pain as well as shortness of breath and fatigue. 

     In the early stages of a heart disease it is hard to figure out when to actually seek help. 

     If a person has any one of these factors then they are more likely to have or get a heart disease:high blood pressure, smoking, obesity and diabetes. 

     Having a heart disease can have a severe impact on a person’s life, each year there would be around 800,000 people who suffer from a heart attack in the U.S. 

     Throughout the years many people die from heart failure, and every 34 seconds there is a person dying from a heart disease. 

     During the first day of February, the American Heart Association encourages everyone to wear red to represent heart awareness. This is just a small way to show support for people struggling with the disease throughout this time. 

     Numbers show that heart disease affects more women than men, and it is more likely for women to have a heart disease than to have cancer. 

     While women have a  higher risk factor for having a heart condition, it is also common in  certain racial and ethnic groups,  and is often one of the biggest causes of death. 

        According to the American Heart Association, Roughly twenty million adults aged twenty and older have a heart disease. Older people are more likely to have a heart disease because they can’t take care of themselves as they would when they would be younger. 

     Heart disease can affect all  kinds of different people. It is a month where people can show respect to others, and to support people during their time of hardship.