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8/8/2019 Press Women Edit2 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/press-women-edit2 1/2 For Immediate Release Contact: Vicky Tran P + 848 933 399 563 F + 848 6291 0464 E [email protected] How to support your husband’s heart health HO CHI MINH CITY—In his travels around the world as a heart specialist, one of the many commonalities he has recognized is the reluctance among men to make regular visits to a physician, said Dr. Peter Lin, Primary Care Initiatives Director of the Canadian Heart Research Centre. "I am generalizing, but men tend to avoid check-ups -- at least not with the same frequency as women do," he says. "Obviously, this is a problem. In my area of specialty, heart health, early detection of a problem like heart disease can be the difference between life and death.” Heart disease—known as the silent killer—slowly progresses with the build-up of plaque in the heart’s arteries over years. Drugs containing statins can slow down the build-up of plaque, and in some cases, drugs can even reverse the process. Many of the drugs are proven safe and effective. But without a trip to the doctor, it is usually too late. What would have been an easily treatable case of heart disease, can become a serious stroke, heart attack or even death. In fact, Dr. Lin points out that men are more likely to have a heart attack, stroke and stress related illnesses than women. Regular exams are critical, he says, because they can pick up problems when they’re most treatable. That’s why Dr. Lin recommends that men in their twenties get a routine check-up once every two or three years; after they turn 30, at least every two years, and every year after their 40th birthday. For Asian countries, particularly Vietnam, taking care of family health is the women’s vocation as wife and mother. Therefore, women play an important role in supporting their men’s heart health. Dr. Lin says those milestones above are a great time for women to talk to the men in their lives about health. "I think wives and significant others need to push because that's when guys are most vulnerable. When they turn 30, when they turn 40," Dr. Lin says. "Men are just willing to do check-up and visit the doctor when they are getting older.”

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8/8/2019 Press Women Edit2

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/press-women-edit2 1/2

For Immediate Release

Contact:

Vicky Tran

P + 848 933 399 563

F + 848 6291 0464E [email protected]

How to support your husband’s heart health

HO CHI MINH CITY—In his travels around the world as a heart specialist, one of the many

commonalities he has recognized is the reluctance among men to make regular visits to a

physician, said Dr. Peter Lin, Primary Care Initiatives Director of the Canadian Heart Research

Centre.

"I am generalizing, but men tend to avoid check-ups -- at least not with the same frequency as

women do," he says. "Obviously, this is a problem. In my area of specialty, heart health, earlydetection of a problem like heart disease can be the difference between life and death.”

Heart disease—known as the silent killer—slowly progresses with the build-up of plaque in the

heart’s arteries over years. Drugs containing statins can slow down the build-up of plaque, and

in some cases, drugs can even reverse the process. Many of the drugs are proven safe andeffective.

But without a trip to the doctor, it is usually too late. What would have been an easily treatable

case of heart disease, can become a serious stroke, heart attack or even death.

In fact, Dr. Lin points out that men are more likely to have a heart attack, stroke and stress

related illnesses than women. Regular exams are critical, he says, because they can pick up problems when they’re most treatable.

That’s why Dr. Lin recommends that men in their twenties get a routine check-up once everytwo or three years; after they turn 30, at least every two years, and every year after their 40th

birthday.

For Asian countries, particularly Vietnam, taking care of family health is the women’s vocation

as wife and mother. Therefore, women play an important role in supporting their men’s heart

health. Dr. Lin says those milestones above are a great time for women to talk to the men in their

lives about health.

"I think wives and significant others need to push because that's when guys are most vulnerable.

When they turn 30, when they turn 40," Dr. Lin says. "Men are just willing to do check-up andvisit the doctor when they are getting older.”