Rush Limbaugh Quotes

I'm concerned about heart disease. I've raised money to fight heart disease; my dad died of it.

You know what our number one threat is? Heart disease.

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.

I accepted the role of spokesman for Lipitor because I am dedicated to the battle against heart disease, which killed my father at age 62 and motivated me to become a medical doctor.

Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain.

A heart beset by coronary disease will begin to recruit secondary arteries to carry oxygenated blood.

Eating a stick of butter will raise HDL in those who are able to do so, but that does not mean that butter is good for your heart. It isn't.

Too many U.S. adults have a heart age years older than their real age, increasing their risk of heart disease and stroke. Everybody deserves to be young - or at least not old - at heart.

It's a bit of a myth that too much cholesterol causes heart attacks.

Because women don't expect to have heart disease, a lot of times they don't seek help if they have the early symptoms of a heart attack.

We need to alert women everywhere about the seriousness of heart disease.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

Cholesterol does not exist in vegetables. Vegetables do not clog arteries.

I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and they are holding up. My other arteries haven't shown any additional clogging.

Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.

I was 19 when my father died from a heart attack. He was a 55-year-old college professor and had led what was by all appearances a risk-free life. But he was overweight, and heart disease runs in our family.

I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.

Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.

Without enough nitric oxide, your arteries can stiffen, raising blood pressure and your risk of heart attack.

Preventing cardiovascular disease can help free up critical resources for treating HIV/AIDS and other illnesses.

I thought I had a chest infection and went to the doctor - five days later I was under the knife. It came completely out of the blue. My arteries were 95% blocked.

Your levels of cholesterol are primarily dependent on your own body's production rather than the result of eating animal fats. Moreover, some forms of cholesterol are heart healthy.