Healthy Heart Handbook for Women This easy-to-use, easy-to-read handbook explains factors that place women at risk of heart disease and recommends steps they can take to protect their heart health. It also has special information for details... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
ACE inhibitor drugs underused in heart failure patients Almost a third of heart failure patients face an increased risk of death because they do not receive an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. details... American Heart Association |
Ask NOAH About: Heart Disease and Stroke New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) provides full-text health information for consumers about cardiovascular diseases in both English and Spanish. details... NOAH: New York Online Access to Health |
Cardiac rehab: Healing mind and body Cardiac rehabilitation is a multi-pronged program designed to help you return to better health, whether you've had a heart attack, heart surgery or certain other heart conditions. details... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research |
Chelation Therapy: American Heart Association's Recommendations This fact sheet contains recommendations from the American Heart Association regarding the use of chelation (E.D.T.A., ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid) in treating arteriosclerotic heart disease. details... American Heart Association |
Chest pain: is it just indigestion or a heart attack? Also available in: Chinese-Traditional Korean Spanish Thai Vietnamese How can you tell the difference between heart attack symptoms and simple indigestion? Like a heart attack, indigestion can create a burning pain, but it's unlikely to spread to other parts of the body details... New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service |
Cholesterol - too much is dangerous. Samoan and Tongan Food. Also available in: Samoan Tongan How physical activity and eating the right food can reduce cholesterol
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Cholesterol Information for Patients and General Public If you have CHD, that's the bad news. But the good news is that by lowering your cholesterol you can reduce your risk of having a heart attack. These booklets were written to help you make healthy cha details... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Cholesterol: too much is dangerous. Asian foods Also available in: Chinese-Traditional Khmer Korean Thai Vietnamese How physical activity and eating the right food can reduce cholesterol. Cholesterol: too much is dangerous. Asian foods
details... New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service |
Congenital Heart Defects This health education information fact sheet provides general information on congenital heart disease including causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. details... March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation |