Life Health Sciences – Science Rules it All

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the most common heart disease in the developed world. In United Kingdom one male in every four males and one female in every five females suffers with CHD during lifetime.  Advancing age and family history of CHD are major risk factors. Other main risk factors for development of CHD include obesity, smoking, increased blood cholesterol level, stress, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Angina pectoris is one of the most frequent presentations of CHD.   It has two types, stable angina and unstable angina.