Be Heart Smart
Be Heart Smart

Author: Waqar Khan

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1578268907

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IF YOU HAVE CORONARY HEART DISEASE THIS BOOK COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE Coronary heart disease (CHD) takes the lives of 17 million people every year. If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with CHD or suffered a heart attack, there are still ways to live a long, heart-healthy life. In this definitive guide to CHD, cardiologist Waqar Khan, MD, MPH, answers common questions and provides easy-to-follow advice for preventing heart attacks and keeping your heart in tip-top shape. Using real-life patient stories and the latest evidence-based science, BE HEART SMART: • Explains what CHD is and how it affects the body • Explores the root causes and risk factors for CHD • Describes the different types of heart attacks and their warning signs • Walks you through the tests used to diagnose coronary problems • Discusses the medications prescribed to combat CHD, including their side effects • Reveals the latest advancements in surgical and non-surgical interventions Written in easy-to-understand language, BE HEART SMART helps you better under-stand CHD and gives you the knowledge you need to take charge of your heart health. It’s just like having your own personal cardiologist on call!

Be Heart Smart
Be Heart Smart

Author: Waqar Khan

Publisher: Hatherleigh Press

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1578268915

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IF YOU HAVE CORONARY HEART DISEASE THIS BOOK COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE Coronary heart disease (CHD) takes the lives of 17 million people every year. If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with CHD or suffered a heart attack, there are still ways to live a long, heart-healthy life. In this definitive guide to CHD, cardiologist Waqar Khan, MD, MPH, answers common questions and provides easy-to-follow advice for preventing heart attacks and keeping your heart in tip-top shape. Using real-life patient stories and the latest evidence-based science, BE HEART SMART: • Explains what CHD is and how it affects the body • Explores the root causes and risk factors for CHD • Describes the different types of heart attacks and their warning signs • Walks you through the tests used to diagnose coronary problems • Discusses the medications prescribed to combat CHD, including their side effects • Reveals the latest advancements in surgical and non-surgical interventions Written in easy-to-understand language, BE HEART SMART helps you better under-stand CHD and gives you the knowledge you need to take charge of your heart health. It’s just like having your own personal cardiologist on call!

Heart Smart for Women
Heart Smart for Women

Author: Jennifer H. Mieres MD

Publisher:

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780692063194

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Heart Smart for Women, Six S.T.E.P.S. in Six Weeks to Heart-Healthy Living equips women of all ages with a comprehensive program for heart-healthy living. This book is a call to action for women everywhere and the message is a positive one: Heart disease is preventable! Leading cardiologists, Drs. Jennifer Mieres and Stacey Rosen simplify complex medical content with clear illustrations, real patient stories, and a practical step by step approach to living your most heart healthy life. Good health is not a given. It is something we must work for by taking control of our lives and putting ourselves first. More than 90 percent of all women have one or more risk factors of heart disease, and more than 44 million women living in the United States about a third of the female population suffer from some form of it. However, every one has the opportunity to live well and conquer it. Heart Smart for Women offers a complete roadmap for women of all ages on their journey to heart-healthy living. It details the workings of the healthy heart and the diseased heart, and provides the necessary vocabulary for ensuring that women are equipped to have meaningful communication with their physicians. The book includes an assessment of personal risk factors, a clear, step by step program to begin or advance an exercise routine, ways to ensure that your kitchen and pantry are stocked with heart healthy foods, tips for dining at home and in restaurants and suggestions for how to form and maintain a true partnership with your doctor.

Best Practices for a Healthy Heart
Best Practices for a Healthy Heart

Author: Sarah Samaan

Publisher: The Experiment

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1615190473

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"This book acts as a guide to the "best practices" for optimal heart health, serving as a resource for patients diagnosed with or aiming to prevent heart disease. In it, Dr. Samaan provides advice on diet, supplements and alternative medicine, the effects of caffeine and alcohol, stress management, and more"--

Smart at Heart
Smart at Heart

Author: Dr. Malissa Wood

Publisher: Celestial Arts

Published: 2011-12-27

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 158761281X

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A breakthrough mind-body program to build a strong, healthy, and happy heart, for women at risk for or diagnosed with heart disease, from the Harvard-trained cardiologist behind the Women’s Heart Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Heart disease is the number-one killer of American women, and prevention and healing require integrative approaches to address the whole heart—physical, emotional, and spiritual. Smart at Heart’s holistic program includes strategies to improve heart health by addressing ten bridges that link the physical and emotional hearts, including the mental health, relationship, and communication bridges. This book guides readers through evaluating their current state of physical and emotional health and then empowers them with solutions to strengthen each bridge to create a healthy, whole heart.

A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease
A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease

Author: Carolyn Thomas

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 2017-11-28

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1421424207

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Whether you're a freshly diagnosed patient, a woman who's been living with heart disease for years, or a practitioner who cares about women's health, A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease will help you feel less alone and advocate for better health care.

Betty Crocker Healthy Heart Cookbook
Betty Crocker Healthy Heart Cookbook

Author: Betty Crocker

Publisher: Betty Crocker

Published: 2013-01-14

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781118397459

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Delicious everyday meals you can eat to your heart's content! For the millions of people with cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, or other cardiac-related conditions, maintaining a heart-healthy diet is essential. But eating right for heart health is good for everyone, especially when it's so easy to do. With the Betty Crocker Healthy Heart Cookbook, there's no need to sacrifice flavor or simplicity to eat right. Written in partnership with one of America's most respected cardiologists, book includes more than 140 recipes that anyone can prepare and everyone can enjoy. These hearty-smart adaptations of familiar classics and nourishing new ideas will have the whole family eating quick, delicious meals that are easy on the heart—and the palate. Includes more than 140 recipes like Grilled Barbecue Beef and Bean Burgers, Gorgonzola Linguine with Toasted Walnuts, and Oatmeal-Cranberry Muffins Features up-to-date information on heart disease, including risk factors, testing, prevention, and treatment Offers seven-day menu plans with a week's worth of healthy meals and snacks Includes nutrition information with every recipe, plus carbohydrate exchanges and carbohydrate choices for stress-free meal planning Whether you need to maintain a heart-healthy diet because of a cardiovascular condition or just for the sake of good health, the Betty Crocker Healthy Heart Cookbook is the perfect resource.

Hank the Heart
Hank the Heart

Author: John Hutton

Publisher:

Published: 2020-03-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781936669783

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Hank's a real heart, not like a Valentine--but he's the most lovable friend you'll ever find Children will have fun getting to know Hank, as he leads them on an amazing tour of...himself They'll learn what Hank's made of, how he works, how to keep him healthy, how doctors and nurses learn about him, and heart differences that children can be born with and how these can be fixed.

Heart Healthy Foods for Life
Heart Healthy Foods for Life

Author: Leslie Beck

Publisher: Penguin Canada

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0143184431

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Coronary heart disease kills more Canadians than any other disease, and eight out of ten Canadians have at least one risk factor for developing it. The good news is that many risks factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and obesity, can be prevented or controlled by making heart healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle. In Heart Healthy Foods for Life, leading Canadian nutritionist and registered dietitian Leslie Beck shows us how certain foods can contribute to developing risk factors for heart disease-and, ultimately, heart attack-and how others work to guard against them. This indispensable guide gives you all the tools you need to make smart food choices and explains how easy it is to turn heart healthy foods into delicious everyday meals. This essential book also includes valuable information on: Understanding heart disease and assessing your personal risk Meal plans to lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and prevent heart disease Tips for grocery shopping and dining out Strategies to maintain a healthy weight and increase exercise Over 100 delicious heart healthy recipes with complete nutritional analyses