Description: The No. 1 killer of American women is heart disease, and doctors say 95 percent of those women have at least one risk factor that could have been avoided.

There are a lot of things that affect your risk for heart disease that you can't change -- like your age, your gender, and your family history -- but the American Heart Association says there are plenty of things you can do.

So, keep these in mind: You can quit smoking, monitor your cholesterol, monitor your blood pressure, keep diabetes controlled, maintain a healthy weight and become physically active.