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Complete Guide to Women’s Heart Health: The Go Red for Women Way to Well-Being and Vitality
(Book)
Author: American Heart Association

The Complete Guide to Women's Heart Health is a guide to help women live a heart-healthy lifestyle and prevent heart disease.

This book shows readers how to make taking care of their heart easy and attainable, with specific pointers on diet, exercise and health care. With chapters targeted for every decade of a woman's life from her 20s to her 70s and beyond, the book gives women age-appropriate advice on healthy lifestyle choices and heart-health care.

The book also addresses issues of special interest to women that can affect their heart including smoking, pregnancy and menopause. Also included in the book are guidelines on prevention, suggestions on how women can work with their health-care providers to maintain and improve their vitality, details on screening technologies, and facts about common diagnoses and treatment options.

Purpose:  Consumer information/support; Health information

Information Source:  Community-based organization

Geographic Origin:  United States

Language of Resource:  English

Groups:  Adult women; Middle-aged women; Older women; Young women

Publisher:  New York: Clarkson Potter

Date Published:  2009

Last Reviewed by Women's Health Matters:  January 18, 2010


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