The Expert Guide to Beating Heart Disease
Subtitle: What You Absolutely Must Know (Harperresource Book)
Publisher: Collins
Published: February 15, 2005
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780060578343
Subjects: Heart; Health & Fitness; Consumer Health; Health/Fitness; Popular works; Medical / Cardiology; Diseases - Heart; Healthy Living; Diseases
First sentence: The human heart is an astonishing organ.
Table of contents: title: Understanding heart disease. Seven key strategies for taking charge of heart disease.  Strategy #1 : take charge of your blood pressure -- Strategy #2 : take charge of your cholesterol -- 	Strategy #3 : take charge of your fitness -- Strategy #4 : take charge of your weight -- Strategy #5 : take charge of your blood sugar -- Strategy #6 : take charge of your smoking -- Strategy #7 : take charge of your medications -- Beyond the key strategies. Managing your diet -- Consuming alcohol -- Taking vitamins and other supplements -- Reducing stress -- Using hormone therapy -- Research and emerging therapies. 	Making sense of new research -- Promising new heart disease therapies -- Staying well and prepared. Monitoring your heart's health -- Guarding against other health risks -- Making the most of your doctor's appointment -- Advance planning -- Conclusion -- Appendices. 	A : Quick guide to heart disease treatments -- B : Tools for success -- C : Seattle angina questionnaire -- D : Drug interactions -- E : Tests and medical procedures.