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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
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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 >
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 >
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 >