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Article: At risk for congestive heart failure? This popular herb protects and strengthens your heart.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Letter
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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My mother had congestive heart failure, a condition where the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. Although she lived into her mid-90s, her heart disease caused extreme fatigue and limited her activities. So when I told my doctor about a mild arrhythmia I'd had for decades, she looked further and found I had inherited a few slight cardiac abnormalities. That's when I searched for ways to protect my heart. I didn't want to wait until I had full-blown heart disease like Mother.
As I've mentioned in the past, it's much easier to prevent a problem than to treat it. And it's easier to work with a mild health problem than to wait until it's advanced. ...