Advanced Medical Clinic Blog

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among adults in the United States. About 647,000 Americans die from heart disease each year, or one person every 37 seconds.

One in four deaths are attributed to heart disease in the United States. That works out to about 610,000 people who die from the disease each year.

It’s the leading cause of death in the United States. More than 62 million Americans have some form of it. And to top things off, there are many different types of this disease that health care providers must contend with.

Heart disease, or cardiovascular disease, encompasses many different conditions that can lead to a heart attack. Most types of heart disease involve atherosclerosis.

As modern and advanced as we think the United States is, it may still come as a surprise to some that obesity is a very real and present epidemic. In fact, 35 percent of adults and 17 percent of children and adolescents are considered overweight to the point of being obese.