var arrayFacts = [ "American Indians and Alaska Natives At Risk:

Heart disease and stroke are the first and fifth leading causes of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives.", "As the number of risk factors increases, so does the likelihood of heart disease and stroke.

Results from a national telephone survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that 63.7% of American Indian/Alaska Native men and 61.4% of AI/AN women reported having one or more of the following risk factors for heart disease and stroke: high blood pressure, current cigarette smoking, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes. Source CDC", "Exercise Improves Heart Health:

Even low-to-moderate intensity activities, when done for as little as 30 minutes a day, will improve cardiovascular health.

These activities include pleasure walking, climbing stairs, gardening, yard work, moderate-to-heavy housework, dancing and home exercise. Source: americanheart.org", "An episode of angina is NOT a heart attack.

However, people with angina report having a hard time telling the difference between angina symptoms and heart attack symptoms.

Angina is a recurring pain or discomfort in the chest that happens when some part of the heart does not receive enough blood temporarily. People who have been diagnosed with angina have a greater risk of a heart attack than do other people. Source NIH", "If you believe you are having an heart attack you should not delay calling 9-1-1 to take an aspirin.

Studies have shown that people sometimes delay seeking help if they take an aspirin (or other medicine).

Emergency department personnel will give people experiencing a heart attack an aspirin as soon as they arrive. Souce: NIH", "It's vital that everyone learn the warning signs of a heart attack. These are:

1) Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain.

2) Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach.

3) Shortness of breath. Often comes along with chest discomfort. But it also can occur before chest discomfort.

4) Other symptoms may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headedness.", "What are the signs of a heart attack?

Many people think a heart attack is sudden and intense, like a 'movie' heart attack, where a person clutches his or her chest and falls over.

The truth is that many heart attacks start slowly, as a mild pain or discomfort. If you feel such a symptom, you may not be sure what's wrong. Your symptoms may even come and go. Even those who have had a heart attack may not recognize their symptoms, because the next attack can have entirely different ones.", "Treatments for a heart attack...

work to open the blocked artery to restore blood flow as fast as possible to prevent or limit damage to the heart muscle, and to lessen the chance of a repeat attack.

To be most effective, these treatments must be given fast-within 1 hour of the start of heart attack symptoms. Acting fast can save your life and limit damage to your heart.", "Each year, about 1.1 million Americans suffer a heart attack.

About 460,000 of those heart attacks are fatal. About half of those deaths occur within 1 hour of the start of symptoms and before the person reaches the hospital.", "Women and Heart Disease:

In the United States, more women die from heart disease than from any other cause, including all types of cancer.", "If you have already had a heart attack, aspirin helps to lower the risk of having another one.

It also helps to keep arteries open in those who have had a heart bypass or other artery-opening procedure such as coronary angioplasty.

But, because of its risks, aspirin is NOT approved by the Food and Drug Administration for preventing heart attacks in healthy people. It may even be harmful for some persons, especially those with no risk of heart disease. ", "Second Hand Smoke Harms Heart:

Being around tobacco smoke for large amounts of time, or all the time, can increase a person's risk for cardiovascular disease, even if you do not smoke.", "Today's low-dose birth control pills carry a much lower risk of heart disease and stroke than the higher-dose earlier pills did.

But this is not the case for women who smoke or who have high blood pressure.", "A 'spare tire' around the waist greatly contributes to poor health.

A waistline of more than 35 inches for women and more than 40 inches for men is considered a high risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to the American Heart Association.", "Menopause and Cholesterol:

Before menopause (when your periods stop), women usually have cholesterol levels that are lower than those of men the same age.

As women and men age, their cholesterol levels rise up until about age 60 to 65. But, after the age of about 50 (when menopause begins), women often have higher cholesterol levels than men of the same age.", "A woman with a strong history of cardiovascular trouble...

is much more likely to pass that legacy on to her kids than a father with the same medical history, Swedish researchers report.", "Middle-aged adults who have a brother or sister with heart disease have a 45 percent increased risk for the same condition."];