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Get Your Blood Pressure Checked: Quick Guide to Healthy Living Starting at age 18, you should check your blood pressure at least every 2 years. Lowering your blood pressure can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke – and can help you live a longer, healthi... Details > National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Get Your Cholesterol Checked: Quick Guide to Healthy Living Adults age 20 and older should get their cholesterol checked with a simple blood test at least once every 5 years. Lowering your cholesterol can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke – and can... Details > National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Learn About Heart Disease: Quick Guide to Healthy Living Certain factors increase your risk of getting heart disease. You are at a higher risk if you are a woman age 55 or older, a man age 45 or older, or related to someone who had early heart disease. ... Details > National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services What Is a Heart Attack? A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a section of heart muscle becomes blocked. A leading killer of both men and women in the United States, learn the symptoms and how acting fast can save your li... Details > National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Be Active for a Healthier Heart Also available in: Vietnamese Be Active for a Healthier Heart explains the importance of daily physical activity in the prevention of heart disease. ... Details > National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health ABCs of Preventing Heart Disease, Stroke and Heart Attack   Your lifestyle is not only your best defense against heart disease and stroke, it is also your responsibility. This document provides simple solutions to cardiovascular disease prevention. By followin... Details > American Heart Association 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 Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, designed this Web page as part of a campaign to increase Americans' awareness of the need to act fast ... Details > National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center Addressing Cardiovascular Health in Asian American and Pacific Islanders This background paper provides an overview of cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors among Asian American and Pacific Islanders.... Details > National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Selected Internet Links   This page provides Internet links to adults with congenital heart disease.... Details > Congenital Heart Information Network