Jennifer Lopez is back on the market. The pop star and Beau  Casper Smart have broken up after about three and a half years of dating, E! News confirms. They were hoping to be more low key about things, says a source of their split. He was slowly going to move out and that would be it.. A rep for Lopez declined to comment.
Heart disease: Any disorder that affects the heart. Sometimes the term  heart disease  is used narrowly and incorrectly as a synonym for coronary artery disease. Heart disease is synonymous with cardiac disease but not with cardiovascular disease which is any disease of the heart or blood vessels.
Also known as: CVD. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a general term used to describe disorders that can affect the heart (cardio) and/or the body's system of blood vessels (vascular).Most cardiovascular diseases reflect chronic conditions â conditions that develop or persist over a long period of time.n addition, there are some risk factors that cannot be controlled, including age, gender, and family history: 1  CVD risk increases with age. 2  Men are generally at higher risk of heart disease; however, women's risk increases to that of men's after menopause.