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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
An Ounce of Prevention: A Guide To Heart Health
Also available in: Spanish
An entertaining, colorful (comic-book style), bilingual guide presenting strategies for preventing heart disease. In a series of brief stories, it presents the Ramirez family deciding to make changes ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Arrhythmias: Risk Factors and Prevention
Also available in: Spanish
People who appear healthy and free of heart disease can experience arrhythmias but those with heart disease are at the highest risk. Reducing heart disease is key to reducing arrhythmia. This document... Details >
Arrhythmias: Treatments
Also available in: Spanish
The underlying cause of an arrhythmia provides the basis for selecting the best treatment. Treatments fall into several main categories along a continuum from the least to most invasive. This document... Details >
Aspirin for Reducing Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke: KNOW THE FACTS
Aspirin has been shown to be helpful when used daily to lower the risk of heart attack, clot-related strokes and other blood flow problems. However, no medicine is completely safe. Talk to your docto... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Aspirin in Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention
Learn about the use of aspirin therapy for patients who've had or are at high risk for a heart attack, unstable angina, ischemic stroke (caused by blood clot) or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs or "l... Details >
Be Good to Your Heart
Also available in: Vietnamese
Don't Burn Your Life Away--Be Good to Your Heart discusses the harmful effects tobacco abuse can have on the body.... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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
Cholesterol
Also available in: Japanese
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