Alex Honnold Quotes

I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.

I accepted the role of spokesman for Lipitor because I am dedicated to the battle against heart disease, which killed my father at age 62 and motivated me to become a medical doctor.

Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain.

I'm concerned about heart disease. I've raised money to fight heart disease; my dad died of it.

Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.

Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.

Mum and Dad died of heart problems, my grandparents died of it, my sister has had mini strokes, my brother has had a heart attack - it's genetic; there's nothing I can do.

The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.

Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.

Too many U.S. adults have a heart age years older than their real age, increasing their risk of heart disease and stroke. Everybody deserves to be young - or at least not old - at heart.

I thought I had a chest infection and went to the doctor - five days later I was under the knife. It came completely out of the blue. My arteries were 95% blocked.

My father is a big guy; he's had a quadruple bypass surgery, and that's scary. Those are real things that happen in families with overweight people, and I don't want that.

Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now.

Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs.

I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.

Is there something in my genetic makeup that makes me more at risk for heart disease? I believe there is. My father was the sign.

We're in a situation now where weight and extreme weight and heart disease is the biggest killer in this country today.

Without enough nitric oxide, your arteries can stiffen, raising blood pressure and your risk of heart attack.

Among identical twins who have the exact same genes, one may die early of a heart attack and the other may live a long, healthy life - depending on their lifestyle and what they eat.

I have to admit I was dismayed when I found out 'type A' refers to a category of risk for heart disease - I thought it was just a nickname my mom gave me!

My dad died of a massive heart attack when he was 59, as he didn't look after himself.

My doctor told me that I would have had a heart attack on stage.

In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a person's job was more likely to predict their likelihood of a heart attack than obesity, smoking or high blood pressure.

You know what our number one threat is? Heart disease.