Facts about Your Health


Heart disease and Heart attack:


  • Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women; a total of 631,636 people in the United States died of heart disease

  • In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. Each minute, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event.

Stroke:


  • Stroke is the third leading cause of death for both men and women.

  • 137,000 people in the United States died of stroke, accounting for nearly 1 in every 17 deaths. Only heart disease and cancer killed more people

  • Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. Every three to four minutes, someone dies of stroke.

  • Ischemic strokes, which occur when blood clots block the blood vessels to the brain, are the most common type of stroke, representing about 85% of all strokes – Primary Cause for this is due to Cholesterol deposits to the Carotid arteries (that supply the brain) causing occlusion and narrowing of those arteries.

Diabetes:


  • Age 20 years or older: 23.5 million or 10.7% of all people in this age group have diabetes.

  • Diabetes is one of the major risk factors for Heart attack, Stroke, Chronic Kidney disease and Death.

Chronic Kidney disease (CKD):


  • More than 10% of people, or more than 20 million, aged 20 years or older in the United States have CKD

  • More than 35% of people aged 20 years or older with diabetes have CKD.

  • More than 20% of people aged 20 years or older with hypertension have CKD.

Hypertension:


  • About one out of three U.S. adults—31.3%—has high blood pressure.

  • High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and kidney disease.

  • More than one in five (22.4%) people with high blood pressure don't know that they have it.

High Cholesterol:


  • Approximately one in every six adults—16.3% of the U.S. adult population—has high total cholesterol.

  • People with high total cholesterol have approximately twice the risk of heart disease as people with optimal levels

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Dr. R. MUTHAIAH M.D.

 Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Completed his residency in Internal Medicine from George Washington Universtiy, Washington D.C.


Doctors / Physicians Practicing in Las Vegas area since 2001.

Board Certified M.D & Internal Medicine Specialist

Open 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

Call: 1-(702)-220-8001

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