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Learn about Heart Disease
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Other Resources for a Healthy Life
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability. Almost 700,000 people die of heart disease in the U.S. each year. Heart disease is a term that includes several types of heart conditions.Coronary heart disease (CHD) is also called coronary artery disease (CAD), is the most common type of heart disease. CHD develops when one or more of the coronary arteries (arteries that supply blood to the heart muscles itself) becomes narrow. This results from a buildup of cholesterol. This buildup decreases the blood flow to the heart muscle.
Federal Government Resources
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Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs
Short 6-page booklet helps readers identify heart attack warning signs and create a survival plan.
Facts About the DASH Eating Plan
This full color glossy brochure, provides information on hypertension, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan, and strategies to reduce sodium intake. It also provides a number of recipes.
Keep the Beat Heart Healthy Recipes
145-page collection of recipes. Contents include information on planning a nutritious day, reducing heart disease risks and reading food labels.
Living Well with Heart Disease
This booklet serves as a primer on heart disease. It defines the condition, and relevant risk factors, as well as information on warning signs, treatments and recovering from an episode.
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Eating Plan
This website contains the DASH Eating Plan and includes information on the research findings that demonstrate its health benefits. The website describes the Eating Plan and provides sample 7-day menus and several recipes. It also gives helpful tips on how to get started, how to use the DASH Eating Plan if trying to lose weight, how to reduce sodium intake, and how to read and interpret the Nutrition Facts label.
Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol with Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC)
This easy-to-read booklet is designed to help you make the lifestyle changes that will lower blood cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart disease. It explains how to follow the TLC (therapeutic lifestyle changes) diet (low in saturated fat, trans fat, and dietary cholesterol), increase physical activity and manage weight for people whose cholesterol level is above their goal. The guide includes helpful lists and charts, sample menus, a 10-year coronary heart disease risk calculator and many tips for success.
Information for Women
For Your Heart
For Your Heart is a simple, interactive website that provides women with personalized information and tips on preventing heart disease. Following a brief survey, each woman receives articles on exercise, nutrition, weight loss, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, menopause, and stroke. These articles are tailored specifically to each woman's race/ethnicity, age, and heart disease risk factors.
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