Actively preventing heart disease is preferable to treating it! P revention is a less stressful, and less invasive method of staying healthy. ... however prevention may be a moot point, as heart disease is a chronic disease, meaning that while it can be treated, it cannot be cured, similar to diabetes. Once you are afflicted with heart disease, it will become a lifelong condition to manage. ... so we speak of prevention in terms of the CVD affects or symptoms, and actively reducing their affects on our health and vitality.   What is Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)? It is a general term for a series of conditions and symptoms within the body which cause changes within the cardiovascular system. They cause insufficiencies in blood, oxygen and nutrient transfer. CVD may include: Coronary heart disease includes atherosclerosis or arteriolosclerosis where the arteries are negatively affected while leading to blockages, to chest pain, to heart attacks (MI's).