February 2008

Healthy Heart

• Diabetes and Heart Disease
• Frequently Asked Questions about Heart Disease
• Managing Stress is Good for your Health
• Nutrition and Exercise - A Balance for a Healthy Heart
• Reducing Your Risk of Heart Disease
• What is Coronary Heart Disease
• What Women Need To Know about Heart Disease 
• What You Need to Know About Cholesterol  
  

Federal Government Resources
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US Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Heart Disease
  Learn about the most common heart disease in the United States, coronary heart disease, which can lead to heart attack.

National Institutes of Health
Medline Plus: Heart Disease

• Heart Diseases Its definition, signs and symptoms, treatments, tutorials and more.
• Heart Disease: Prevention  
  On this site, you will find information and resources to prevent heart disease.
• Managing Cholesterol  
  This is an interactive tutorial on cholesterol discusses cholesterol including the causes and treatments.
• Heart Disease in Women  
  On this site, you will find information about heart disease specific to women.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

• Empower Yourself! Learn Your Cholesterol Number
  Learn how to improve your cholesterol level or keep it at the right level to help reduce your risk of getting heart disease in this 8-page booklet. 
• Heart and Vascular Diseases
  Information about Cholesterol, Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure, Obesity and Physical Activity, Other Heart and Vascular Diseases and Recipes.
• Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol with TLC
  An 85-page booklet about the "TLC Program" (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, a three-part program that uses diet, physical activity, and weight management) for reducing high blood cholesterol. 
• Your Guide to a Healthy Heart
  A brief a 2-page fact sheet that gives you steps you can take to protect your heart health.
• Your Guide to a Healthy Heart
  This 95-page comprehensive booklet is for all adults who want to learn more about heart disease and how to prevent it.
• Your Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease
  A 68-page booklet is a step-by-step guide to helping people with heart disease make decisions that will protect and improve their heart health.
• Your Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease
  A 4-page fact sheet that gives you the key steps to control the disease, including how to survive a heart attack and prevent serious damage to heart muscle.
• The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women
  This 127-page guide is part of The Heart Truth, a national public awareness campaign for women about heart disease.

Women'shealth.gov 

• Heart Disease    
  Information including what is heart disease; do women need to worry about heart disease, do women of color need to worry about heart disease, what women can do to prevent heart disease and more.
• Heart Healthy Eating 
  Diet is one of the things that can affect your heart health, and your risk for getting heart disease.  The good news is that diet is one of the things you can control to improve your heart health and lower your risk for heart disease.

Non Federal Government resources
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American Diabetes Association  
Get the latest diabetes news and diabetes research summaries.  This site also includes a recipe of the day, tip of the day and more.

American Heart Association  
Learn about heart disease.  The website has sections for teens and has information in Spanish.

Harvard School of Public Health   

• Your Disease Risk               
  On this site, you can find out your risk of developing heart disease and get personalized tips for preventing them.