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American Indian and Alaska Native Heart Disease and Stroke Fact Sheet
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives. This document discusses hea... Details >
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Be active for your heart! / Keepers of Wisdom To Strengthen the Hearts 
Being active has always been part of the American Indian and Alaska Native daily life. Being active is one way to keep a healthy heart. This document discusses how being active prevent heart disease a... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Help Your Heart!
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for American Indians and Alaska Natives today. You can do something to prevent heart disease. One way to keep healthy is not to misuse tobacco. ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Keep the Harmony Within You - Check Your Blood Pressure
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for American Indians and Alaska Natives today. Knowing your blood pressure can help you prevent heart disease. This document provides tips to lower your blo... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Treat Your Heart to a Healthy Celebration!
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for American Indians and Alaska Natives today. This document discusses how to prevent heart disease by eating healthy and provides tips for making heart hea... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
American Indian and Alaska Native Women's Health: Cardiovascular Disease
This page features links to information about the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in women and the disparities in care for women who have cardiovascular disease.... Details >
Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
American Indian/Alaska Natives and Cardiovascular Diseases
Fact sheet about cardiovascular disease in tje American Indian and Alaska Native population.... Details >
American Indians & Alaska Natives and Cardiovascular Disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for all people in the US, and stroke is the third leading cause of death. ... Details >
Ask NOAH About: Heart Disease and Stroke
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) provides full-text health information for consumers about cardiovascular diseases in both English and Spanish.... Details >
Building Healthy Hearts for American Indians and Alaska Natives
This background paper provides an overview of cardiovascular diseases and its associated risk factors among American Indians and Alaska Native populations in the United States. ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Cardiovascular Disease
The incidence rates of Cardiovascular Disease in Native Americans appear to be increasing significantly despite a fall in the general U.S. population mortality rates, quickly reaching incidence rates ... Details >
Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Cardiovascular disease risk factor awareness in American Indian communities
The aim of this study is to assess awareness of nine major risk factors for heart disease among American indians.... Details >
Dietary intakes of nutrients thought to modify cardiovascular risk from three groups of American Indians
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality among American Indians.... Details >
Eliminate Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), primarily heart disease and stroke, causes more deaths in Americans of both genders and all racial and ethnic groups than any other disease.... Details >
Facts About Heart Disease and Stroke Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Heart disease and stroke, the principal causes of cardiovascular disease, are the first and fifth leading causes of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Risk factors often occur to... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Problems in American Indian/Alaska Native Women: Cardiovascular Disease
This brief fact sheet describes how heart disease affects minority women.... Details >
Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
This online guide lists the symptoms that commonly signal a heart attack.... Details >
The Native American National CVD Preventation Program
Search for general information on Heart Disease
A significant rise in the rate of coronary artery disease has been noted among Native Americans throughout the past several decades. Indeed, cardiovascular disease has become the leading cause of deat... Details >
Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services