In the last decade, the rules for "outliving" heart disease?living well with your heart until you die of some other cause?have changed dramatically.
Dr. Richard Stein, the director of Preventive Cardiology at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, cuts through the constant stream of new reports and often-contradictory information about preventing and treating heart disease with his 10 new rules:
Rule No. 1: Be Alert to Symptoms that Signal Imminent Heart Attack Rule No. 2: Know Your Risk for Having a Heart Attack in the Next 10 Years Rule No. 3: Take a Statin Rule No. 4: Exercise! It's a Proactive Way to Reduce Heart Disease and Heart Attack Risk Rule No. 5: Eat Well: Diet Guidelines for Heart Health Rule No. 6: Understand the Mind-Body Connection Rule No. 7: Explore Alternative Treatments Rule No. 8: Keep Up with the Latest Tests and Treatments Rule No. 9: Understand the Connections to Your Gender and Your Heritage Rule No. 10: Partner with Your Doctor to Reach Your Heart-Health Goals
In plain English, Outliving Heart Disease explains: Vascular changes that take place as you age?and how they affect your heart • The specific risk factors affecting women, African-Americans, and other groups • The latest research on statins?those miracle drugs that have revolutionized the prevention and treatment of heart disease • How to create a heart-healthy diet and cardiovascular exercise program • How depression, anxiety, and stress impact the heart, and what you can do about it.
Updated with the most current therapies and diagnostic techniques, this is the guide for every man and woman to prevent and treat heart disease.
Autorentext
Dr. Richard A. Stein is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Urban Community Cardiology Program at the New York University School of Medicine, and the former Chief of Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Stein has published over 65 articles and chapters in professional publications, and is co-editor of a textbook for physicians on complementary and alternative cardiovascular medicine.
Klappentext
In the last decade, the rules for "outliving" heart disease—living well with your heart until you die of some other cause—have changed dramatically.
Dr. Richard Stein, the director of Preventive Cardiology at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, cuts through the constant stream of new reports and often-contradictory information about preventing and treating heart disease with his 10 new rules:
Rule No. 1: Be Alert to Symptoms that Signal Imminent Heart Attack Rule No. 2: Know Your Risk for Having a Heart Attack in the Next 10 Years Rule No. 3: Take a Statin Rule No. 4: Exercise! It's a Proactive Way to Reduce Heart Disease and Heart Attack Risk Rule No. 5: Eat Well: Diet Guidelines for Heart Health Rule No. 6: Understand the Mind-Body Connection Rule No. 7: Explore Alternative Treatments Rule No. 8: Keep Up with the Latest Tests and Treatments Rule No. 9: Understand the Connections to Your Gender and Your Heritage Rule No. 10: Partner with Your Doctor to Reach Your Heart-Health Goals
In plain English, Outliving Heart Disease explains: Vascular changes that take place as you age—and how they affect your heart • The specific risk factors affecting women, African-Americans, and other groups • The latest research on statins—those miracle drugs that have revolutionized the prevention and treatment of heart disease • How to create a heart-healthy diet and cardiovascular exercise program • How depression, anxiety, and stress impact the heart, and what you can do about it.
Updated with the most current therapies and diagnostic techniques, this is the guide for every man and woman to prevent and treat heart disease.
Zusammenfassung
In the last decade, the rules for "e;outliving"e; heart diseaseliving well with your heart until you die of some other causehave changed dramatically.Dr. Richard Stein, the director of Preventive Cardiology at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, cuts through the constant stream of new reports and often-contradictory information about preventing and treating heart disease with his 10 new rules:Rule No. 1: Be Alert to Symptoms that Signal Imminent Heart AttackRule No. 2: Know Your Risk for Having a Heart Attack in the Next 10 YearsRule No. 3: Take a StatinRule No. 4: Exercise! It's a Proactive Way to Reduce Heart Disease and Heart Attack RiskRule No. 5: Eat Well: Diet Guidelines for Heart HealthRule No. 6: Understand the Mind-Body ConnectionRule No. 7: Explore Alternative TreatmentsRule No. 8: Keep Up with the Latest Tests and TreatmentsRule No. 9: Understand the Connections to Your Gender and Your HeritageRule No. 10: Partner with Your Doctor to Reach Your Heart-Health GoalsIn plain English, Outliving Heart Disease explains: Vascular changes that take place as you ageand how they affect your heart *; The specific risk factors affecting women, African-Americans, and other groups *; The latest research on statinsthose miracle drugs that have revolutionized the prevention and treatment of heart disease *; How to create a heart-healthy diet and cardiovascular exercise program *; How depression, anxiety, and stress impact the heart, and what you can do about it.Updated with the most current therapies and diagnostic techniques, this is the guide for every man and woman to prevent and treat heart disease.