Heart attacks kill more Americans than any other disease, and many of those who survive them are disabled by shortness of breath or chest pains. All victims, regardless of how well they feel, are at risk of having another attack.

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Reduce Your Chance of Heart Attack

Lifestyle choices should be the first consideration for most men over 40. That means exercise. It's important for a man to get enough exercise.

Be careful of Hypertension.

Obesity is an important risk factor for Heart Diseases.
Simply being overweight can cut your life short

Watchout for your Blood Cholesterol Level. Eating less of the foods heavy in artery-clogging cholesterol and fat.

Stop Smoking all together. Smoking constricts the blood vessels and makes the heart work much harder.

Doctors advise men over 40 and heart-attack survivors to take a low-dosage, coated aspirin — 81 mg. is standard — daily to help prevent cholesterol buildup and blood clots.

Heart-attack survivors who took beta-blockers had a 40 percent lower mortality rate than those who did not take them.

Studies have shown that ACE inhibitors, given immediately after a heart attack, reduce mortality overall and, if taken for an extended period after a heart attack, can prevent 22 percent of the deaths among the sickest survivors.