Women are not small men
Subtitle: life-saving strategies for preventing and healing heart disease in women
By: Nieca Goldberg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
Subjects: Heart diseases in women -- Popular works; Heart Diseases -- Popular Works; Women's Health -- Popular Works
Genres: Popular works
Description: A guide to preventing and treating heart disease in women that provides information on how a woman's heart differs from a man's, the effects of menopause on the heart, how to avoid common risk factors, and other related topics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-428) and index.
Table of contents: title: Women's hearts are different; title: Women's symptoms of heart attack; title: Are you at risk?; title: The hormone connection; title: The truth about stress, emotions, and your heart; title: Your guide to the symptoms and diagnoses of cardiovascular disease; title: The women's health heart checkup; title: Your commitment; title: Your exercise prescription; title: Your healthy heart eating plan; title: Nonvitamin supplements and heart disease; title: Your stress reduction program; title: Your stop smoking program; title: Medications that can save your life; title: The heart attack survival guide; title: Heart surgery and procedures; title: The future of women and heart disease.