Even the young can suffer from heart disease, say experts
By Tessa R. Salazar
February is heart month. It is also a reminder that heart disease can strike at any age. Heart disease usually develops silently. Before any palpable damage to the heart occurs, a process called atherosclerosis (or “hardening of the arteries”) would most likely have been taking place in the arteries of the heart for many years, says preventive medicine expert Dr. Neil Nedley, MD, author of “Proof Positive.”
