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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New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service |
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
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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 |
Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes
Learn to cook some of your favorite, traditional Latino dishes in a heart-healthy way. This bilingual cookbook contains 23 tested recipes that cut down on fat, cholesterol, and sodium but not on taste... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Depression and Heart Disease
Depression can strike anyone. However, research over the past two decades has shown that people with heart disease are more likely to suffer from depression than otherwise healthy people, and converse... Details >
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health |
Easy-to-Read English/Spanish Booklets on Heart Health
These set of eight booklets were written to help you make healthy changes in your life and reduce the risk of heart disease. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-side style, the booklets pre... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Facts About Heart Disease and Stroke Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Heart disease and stroke, the principal causes of cardiovascular disease, are the first and fifth leading causes of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Risk factors often occur to... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
For the Health of Your Heart (Salud para su Corazón)
For the Health of Your Heart (Salud para su Corazón) is a comprehensive community-based heart-health promotion initiative from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute that targets Latinos living... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Health Problems in American Indian/Alaska Native Women: Cardiovascular Disease
This brief fact sheet describes how heart disease affects minority women.... Details >
National Women's Health Information Center, U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health |
Healthy Heart Workout Quiz
Ten questions and answers about the cardiovascular health benefits of physical activity.... Details >
American Heart Association |
Heart Disease - how treatments can help
Also available in: Chinese-Traditional Spanish Tongan Vietnamese
A guide to the causes of artery problems, how they contribute to heart disease, and how they can be treated
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New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service |
Heart disease - not just a man's problem
Also available in: Chinese-Traditional Khmer Korean Spanish Thai Tongan Vietnamese
Why heart and blood vessel disease is the number one killer of women and what women can do to reduce the risk.
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New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service |
Heart Truth
To make women more aware of the danger of heart disease, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and partner organizations are sponsoring a national campaign called The Heart Truth. The ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Inflammation markers signal rapidly advancing coronary disease
High levels of C-reactive protein and other inflammation markers may signal rapid progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with chest pain.... Details >
American Heart Association |
Living With Heart Failure: Information and Support for Patients and Caregivers
An educational and support tool for heart failure patients and their families. The focus is on resources for and about caregivers, lifestyle changes to improve health, working with the physician, and... Details >
American Heart Association |
National Heart Foundation
This document is AHAF's National Heart Foundation (NHF) program. It was established in 1976 to fund research on and educate the public about heart disease and stroke. ... Details >
American Health Assistance Foundation |
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Web Site Search
Use this online database to search through the files at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) web site.... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
What Is Bypass Surgery?
This article describes the basics of bypass surgery.... Details >
learnaboutbypass.com |
