{"id":138,"date":"2013-04-15T23:37:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T23:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/?p=138"},"modified":"2019-05-11T19:29:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:29:50","slug":"women-at-a-greater-risk-for-heart-disease-than-men-fullerton-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/women-at-a-greater-risk-for-heart-disease-than-men-fullerton-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Women at a Greater Risk for Heart Disease than Men | Fullerton, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000004537186Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28\" alt=\"iStock_000004537186Small\" src=\"\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000004537186Small-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000004537186Small-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000004537186Small-624x415.jpg 624w, http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000004537186Small.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Most people think that <strong>heart disease<\/strong> is a problem only for men. However, more woman than men dies from heart disease every year. Woman need to understand their risks and symptoms to reduce their chances of <strong>heart disease<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Dr. Gordon Gunn<\/strong> of Fullerton, CA wants you to be aware of the risks <strong>heart disease<\/strong> and the things you can do to reduce that risk.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the common risks for <strong>heart disease<\/strong> like high cholesterol, high blood pressure and obesity, other factors may play a role in the development of heart disease in women.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low levels of estrogen after menopause.<\/li>\n<li>Smoking \u2013 greater risk factor than in men<\/li>\n<li>Stress and depression \u2013 affects woman\u2019s heart more than men\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Metabolic syndrome \u2013 fat around your abdomen, high blood pressure and high blood sugar shows a greater impact on woman\u2019s hearts than men.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What you can do to reduce your risk of <strong>heart disease<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain a healthy weight<\/li>\n<li>Quit smoking<\/li>\n<li>Exercise<\/li>\n<li>Eat a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Woman\u2019s health differs from that of a man\u2019s and requires its own special attention with proper diet, exercise and overall health and wellness.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contact Dr. Gordon Gunn today at (714) 912-2211 to schedule an appointment.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Gordon Gunn also proudly serves Buena Park, La Mirada, Yorba Linda, Diamond Bar, Walnut, and surrounding areas.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people think that heart disease is a problem only for men. However, more woman than men dies from heart disease every year. Woman need to understand their risks and symptoms to reduce their chances of heart disease.\u00a0 Dr. Gordon Gunn of Fullerton, CA wants you to be aware of the risks heart disease and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/women-at-a-greater-risk-for-heart-disease-than-men-fullerton-ca\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Women at a Greater Risk for Heart Disease than Men | Fullerton, CA<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4,29],"tags":[6,61,14,21],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3mKiD-2e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}