Heart Diseases--Prevention

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	Lipid Panel Test: Gauging Your Heart Disease Risk Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00006

Health Check Tools

1.	Learn and Live Quiz American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018118




2.	For Your Heart National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/hhs/

National Institutes of Health

1.	Ounce of Prevention: A Guide to Heart Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/latino/foto_eng.pdf

Nutrition

1.	How Can I Cook Healthfully? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110158458781216%20HowCanICo...




2.	Mediterranean Diet Women's Heart Foundation http://www.womensheartfoundation.org/content/Nutrition/mediterranean.asp




3.	Homocysteine, Folic Acid, and Cardiovascular Disea American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4677




4.	Heart-Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.pdf




5.	Stay Young at Heart: Cooking the Heart-Healthy Way National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/syah/index.htm




6.	Vitamin and Mineral Supplements to Prevent Cardiov American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4788




7.	Eating for a Healthy Heart Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/hlyheart.html




8.	Counting Your Fat Grams Women's Heart Foundation http://www.womensheartfoundation.org/content/Nutrition/counting_fat_grams.a...

Organizations

1.	American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000




2.	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Other Languages

1.	Aspire for Healthy Hearts: Serve Up a Healthy Life National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/viet_facts/viet-nutritio...

Overviews

1.	Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4726




2.	Preventing Heart Disease American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org/media/patient/chd/preventing.htm




3.	How to Keep Your Heart Healthy Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/603_heart.html




4.	5 Strategies You Can Adopt Today to Prevent Heart Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=WO00041

Prevention/Screening

1.	hs-CRP (High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein) American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hscrp/test.html




2.	Cardiac Risk Assessment American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cardiac_risk/glance.ht...

Related Issues

1.	Why Should I Lose Weight? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110167806221831%20WhyShldIL...




2.	Statins: Powerful Drugs for Lowering Cholesterol American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/105/13/1514.pdf




3.	Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/protect1.htm




4.	Preventing Heart Disease: Making Lifestyle Changes American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZJO7ZO07C&sub_...




5.	Kidney Failure and Cardiovascular Disease American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/108/16/e114.pdf




6.	JAMA Patient Page: Risk Factors for Heart Disease American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZAI960JJD&sub_...




7.	Alcohol, Wine and Cardiovascular Disease American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4422




8.	Aspirin and Cardiovascular Disease UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=hrt_dis/2908




9.	Check Your Physical Activity & Heart Disea National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/phy_act.htm




10.	How Can I Manage Stress? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110167971464923%20HowCanIMa...




11.	Ibuprofen: Does It Counteract the Benefits of Aspi Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00803




12.	How Can I Manage My Weight? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110167860217928%20ManageMyW...

Research

1.	Red Wine and Your Heart American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/2/e10




2.	AHRQ Evidence Reports Confirm that Fish Oil Helps Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/omega3pr.htm




3.	Young Adults Who Maintain Their Weight, Even If Ov National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2004/nhlbi-08.htm




4.	Randomized Trial of Low-Dose Aspirin in the Primar American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3029340




5.	ALLHAT: New Findings about Drugs to Lower High Blo National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/allhat/facts.htm




6.	Comparison of Different Programs to Improve Preven American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/7/I-53




7.	Get Antioxidants from Food, Not Supplements American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3023709




8.	Is It Cost-Effective to Treat High-Risk Cardiac Pa American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/4/I-53

Women

1.	Healthy Heart Handbook for Women National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/hhw/index.htm




2.	Heart Truth for Women National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/




3.	Preventing Heart Disease - What Women Need to Know American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org/media/patient/prevention/woman.htm#prevent




4.	Protecting Women's Hearts: An Interview with Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00040




5.	Who's Taking Your Family's Health to Hea American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org/media/patient/heart/family.htm




6.	Heart Disease Prevention in Women American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/109/10/e158.pdf