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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 ![External Links Disclaimer Logo](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20080916041922im_/http://www.healthfinder.gov/images/extllinksdisclaimer.gif) 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 ![External Links Disclaimer Logo](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20080916041922im_/http://www.healthfinder.gov/images/extllinksdisclaimer.gif) 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 ![External Links Disclaimer Logo](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20080916041922im_/http://www.healthfinder.gov/images/extllinksdisclaimer.gif) This page provides Internet links to adults with congenital heart disease.... Details > Congenital Heart Information Network |
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