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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