Take care of Your Heart so It Can Take Care of You
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among American women. Heart Disease can be reversed. Here are some resources to help you discover how.
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Women - a Healthy Heart
The Heart Truth is that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women. In fact, one in three women dies of heart disease. But heart disease can also lead to disability and a significantly decreased quality of life.
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- Women - a Healthy Heart
- Staying healthy!
Heart Health on YouTube
Save your Heart T-Shirts & Stuff

What is Heart Disease
Heart disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, National Statistics Press Release 25 May 2006 killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone.
Heart Health Resources
- American Heart Association
- Learn more about the American Heart Association's efforts to reduce death caused by cardiovascular disease.
- Coronary Health Improvement Project
- Welcome to chiphealth.com. Learn about our coronary health improvement project.
- Merck.com - the Heart
- Diagram of the Heart
Downloadable Tools
- You the Smart Patient
- Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment

Books for a Healthy Heart
Heart Health in the News
- BBC NEWS | Health | Green tea 'may protect the heart'
- Green tea could help protect against the damage caused by heart attacks and strokes, researchers suggest.
- BBC News | Health | Heart Disease
- Heart disease Stroke The UK has one of the highest rates of death from heart disease in the world - one British adult dies from the disease every thr...
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News Posts About Heart Disease
- These women are fighting heart disease - are you?
- 6, 2009 12:00 AM Heart disease is by far the leading cause of death for women in the United States, the American Heart Association says. ...
- Study Dismisses Protein's Role in Heart Disease
- By GINA KOLATA A blood protein that only a short time ago was thought by some to be more important than cholesterol in heart disease now appears to be ...
- Monday Medical: How to look for early indicators of heart disease
- Nationally, more than half of the people who have cardiovascular disease are diagnosed only after they have had a heart attack. Baker, a Steamboat Springs ...
- Israeli study links high carb foods to heart disease
- "It's very hard to predict heart disease," says Shechter, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. ...
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Although I'm still fairly young, I have a history of heart disease in my family and have to be careful. Thanks for the info.
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