February 16, 2004

Heart Disease

February is National Heart Month, an appropriate time to learn more about heart disease--the leading cause of death among Americans. Find out about the risk factors for heart disease and what you can do to improve your own heart health.


Risk Factors
The American Heart Association describes major and contributing factors that increase the risk of coronary heart disease and heart attack. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4726


Preventing Heart Disease
The American College of Cardiology Foundation presents an overview of heart disease in America since the end of World War II. http://www.acc.org/media/patient/chd/preventing.htm


MayoClinic.com
Explains the use of a lipid panel test for gauging your heart disease risk. http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00006

Personal Risk Assessment
The American Heart Association offers this online interactive risk assessment tool for adults who do not have heart disease or diabetes. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3003500


Heart-healthy Foods
How to use diet as a weapon in the war on high cholesterol. http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=NU00196


Daily Aspirin Therapy
The Food and Drug Administration discusses the benefits of aspirin for reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/503_aspirin.html


Making Lifestyle Changes
Advice from the American Medical Association on setting and achieving personal goals for a heart-healthy lifestyle. http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZJO7ZO07C&sub_cat=271

 

 


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