February 5, 2013
February 5, 2013—Did you know your heart’s age could differ from your biological age? Adventist Health’s Northwest Regional Heart Center has unveiled a free and confidential online tool to help the public learn the age of their heart. The heart age assessment provides individuals valuable information about their heart’s age while generating data about personal risk factors for cardiovascular disease. “As a society, we spend a great deal of time trying to achieve younger looking skin or covering the aging gray in our hair, yet few of us take time to identify ways to create a younger, healthier heart,” states Mark Hart, MD, a cardiologist at the Northwest Regional Heart Center. Heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States. It is also a major cause of disability nationwide. This tool is designed to help people thinking about preventing heart disease. The free online tool helps gets you started. The free confidential assessment only takes a few minutes and walks you through simple questions about your age, weight, exercise habits and stress levels. It also asks about your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers. Adventist Health hopes that people will use the results of the tool to identify ways to live well longer. The tool also provides a starting point for a heart healthy conversation with your physician.
