Why Prevention Health
Why Prevention Health?
in 1983
1 in
1
children had autism
Today
1 in 36 in the US have autism and 1 in 22 boys in California.
4.3
Trillion
1000000000000
Dollars
spent on disease care spent last year in the United States
0
of teens in America have
diabetes or pre-diabetes
Teenage depression is at an all-time high.
0
have mental disorders.
Suicide has gone up 3 times for kids 10-14, and 40% ages 15-19 in the last 10 years.
According to recent projections by the American Heart Association,
0
of the U.S. adult population
will live with cardiovascular disease at an annual cost of more than 1 trillion dollars.
0
of cardiovascular disease is preventable!
0
of the budget for the FDA
is funded by big Pharma.
0
of antibiotics are unnecessary
and they trash your guts microbiome.
People are three times more suicidal in the year after taking antibiotics.
Are you at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease?
Here are some Red Flags to look out for:
- A personal or family history of cardiovascular disease
- Family history of heart attacks, strokes, dementia, or diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Elevated blood sugar level
- Nicotine use and/or secondary exposure
- Psychosocial issues, such as depression, anxiety or stress
- Type 2 diabetes (heart attack, stroke, and dementia risk factor)
- Gestational diabetes
- Pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure during pregnancy)
- High blood pressure
- Abdominal obesity
- Sleep problems
- Age (men over 40 and women over 50)
- Gum disease
- Erectile dysfunction
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Lupus
- Psoriasis
- Migraine headaches
- Gout
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Hirsutism (facial hair growth in women)
- Oligomenorrhea (changes in menstrual cycles)
These little clues that pop up through our lifetime remind us to pause and take the opportunity to get an assessment!
