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Healthy Heart Handbook for Women

Internet URL

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/hhw/index.htm  

Sponsoring Agency

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Description

This easy-to-use, easy-to-read handbook explains factors that place women at risk of heart disease and recommends steps they can take to protect their heart health. It also has special information for women with heart disease, including warning signs of a heart attack and how to prepare a heart attack survival plan. Other topics covered include hormone replacement therapy, healthy life style choices, how to talk with your doctor, supplements, heart-smart recipes.

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Review Date

4/25/2007