<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/101bf517-e957-4c48-9158-73283d4fe769/036D0FF9-48B2-4048-AF5A-D9C826FD77BB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wddty.com/a-simple-test-to-discover-your-chances-of-a-heart-attack.html" href="http://www.wddty.com/a-simple-test-to-discover-your-chances-of-a-heart-attack.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wddty.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wddty.com/a-simple-test-to-discover-your-chances-of-a-heart-attack.html"><DIV class="listColumnPad"> <H1>A simple test to discover your chances of a heart attack</H1> <DIV class="articleDate" id="ctl00_ctl00_pageContent_colOneContents_DatePanel"> 07 October 2009 </DIV> <DIV id="document"> <P>If you’ve reached the ripe old age of 40 or over, and you’re wondering how likely you are to suffer a sudden heart attack or stroke, here’s a very simple test to help you find out.<BR /></p> <P>Just sit on the floor with your back against a wall, bend at the waist, and see how far you can stretch beyond your toes.  </p> <P>This simple test gives you an idea about the stiffness of your arteries, and this is a good indicator of future cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke.<BR /></p> <P>If it proves difficult or impossible, don’t despair.  The research team that carried out the test on groups of people of varying ages also discovered that stretching exercises, yoga and Pilates all improved flexibility and arterial health.<BR /></p> <P>(Source: AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2009; 297: H13-14).<BR /></p> </DIV> <DIV class="rowDividerHeight"></DIV> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/036D0FF9-48B2-4048-AF5A-D9C826FD77BB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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