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Can heartbreak cause heart disease? There is such a thing called broken heart syndrome according to Philippine Heart Association director Dr. Luigi Pierre Segundo. Broken heart syndrome can also be triggered by a serious physical illness or surgery. “Pero hindi ito common kaya huwag tayo.mag focus doon [But this is…
(Screengrab from PTV) MANILA - Smoking increases a person's risk of having coronary heart disease and sudden death, health experts said Friday. "Smoking associated with two to four-fold increase in the risk of coronary heart disease, a greater than 70 percent excess rate of death from coronary heart disease and an elevated risk of sudden death," Department of Health Disease Prevention and Control Bureau lead Dr. Maria Rosario Sylvia Uy said in a media forum. The latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death among Filipinos as of Oct. 31, 2022. It is followed by cerebrovascular diseases, neoplasms, diabetes, and hypertensive diseases in the top five list of mortality causes in the country. In the same forum, Philippine Heart Association Communications Committee co-chair Dr. Luigi Pierre Segundo noted that ischemic heart disease is known as coronary artery disease. "Our hearts have arteries o
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Filipinos were urged to quit or do not start smoking to reduce the risk of developing heart diseases, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said.
Smoking is associated with a “two-to fourfold increased risk” of coronary heart disease, said Dr. Maria Rosario Sylvia Uy of the D