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Heart Disease is Nothing to Brag About
Having experienced heart disease first-hand in three close relatives, and seeing the crippling effects of this debilitating disease (taking lots of medicines and their side effects), I thought I knew everything about the disease, particularly the treatment side - the drugs, the surgeries, the stents. But I didn't know that much about the prevention side, and that is what this book is all about. How to prevent it.
Easy-to-follow, heart healthy lifestyle changes
Paul and Patricia Bragg effective collaborate in Healthy Heart: Keep Your Cardiovascular System Health & Fit At Any Age to provide detailed reasons underlying cardiovascular disease. They use graphics, charts, and headlined sections to prove useful information in an easy-to-rad format specifically suited to the needs of the non-specialist general reader. Included in this highly recommended compendium of cardiovascular advice and information are easy-to-follow, heart healthy lifestyle changes, exercises, and diet information that if consistently applied will result in a dramatically improved cardiovascular performance and physical health.

You Have Just One Pump
Healthy Heart describes how specific diet and exercise will keep your heart working longer. To see what this book covers, see the Table of Contents on the bar to your left. Read more

Subjects:  1. Cardiology    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases - Heart    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Healthy Living    8. Health & Fitness / General    9. Medical / General   

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A Diet and Supplement Manual for Your Heart
In "Her Healthy Heart" Linda Ojeda summarizes hundreds of articles and other resources dealing with heart disease and health. (The tone of the book, although easy to understand, does take one a college paper flavor.) The result is a guide jam packed with information on how to keep your heart thumping. EXCELLENTsummary of the womens'true information for health
WOW, I really needed to read this book, it tells the truth about what we women need to know to prevent heart attacks, a must read for any health conscious girl! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases    4. Diseases - Heart    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health and hygiene    7. Health/Fitness    8. Heart    9. Prevention    10. Women    11. Women's Health - General    12. Women's health   

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An Authentic Read!
Gaea Shaw has written an authentic, inspiring, book. I found myself emotionally reviewing my own life while reading the experience of hers. There is wisdom in this book...the kind that's earned when confronted with a major life challenge.
What a Remarkable Story!
This is an amazing story!I went to bed reading it and woke up and finished it...was late to work and don't regret it.
Life changing experience
An amazing and beautifully written account of the path Gaea emabrked on in having a heart transplant. The impact on her renewed life and the ripple effect on those around her. Her account is clear and moving, equally so are the accounts of those who share her experience, especially the donor family. This book moved me greatly, a must read by anyone looking toward oragan transplant, and anyone considering donating. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases - Heart    3. General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness   

Editorial Review

Heart disease affects almost 25 percent of Americans and causes almost a million deaths per year. Although women fear breast cancer more, only 1 woman in 27 dies from breast cancer, while 1 woman in 2 dies from heart disease. Kudos to James Rippe, M.D., associate professor of cardiology at Boston's Tufts University Medical School and director of the Rippe Health Assessment at Celebration Health and the Center for Lifestyle Research, for making such a serious subject accessible and even entertaining.In the style of the For Dummies books, the information is presented in a lively, simple, conversational manner, with easy-to-follow, skimmable text and helpful checklists. Rippe's main point is that there's plenty you can do to "maximize your cardiac function," reduce your risk of heart disease, and keep your heart working like a well-tuned orchestra. Learn how your heart works, how to keep it strong, and what puts it at risk for disease. Get a "healthy heart lifestyle plan" of nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction--straightforward and easy to implement. Control the four major contributing causes of heart disease: elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, and being overweight.Understand the most common heart conditions and their tests, procedures, and rehabilitation. If you want a healthier heart--and who doesn't?--this is your guide. Read more

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Friendly, conversational, easy to read!
Dr. Rippe's Healthy Heart For Dummies gives you everything you need to understand heart disease, and take steps to prevent or control it in your own life.Covers everything from anatomy to lifestyle choices to tests andprocedures...all in a warm, friendly, conversational tone.You feelempowered to take control of your own life and health.Takes all the workout of learning about a scary subject.This is the only thing you need toread and reference when it comes to understanding and handling heartdisease in your family. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cardiovascular Diseases    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases    4. Diseases - Heart    5. General    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Heart    9. Heart diseases    10. Nutrition    11. Popular works    12. Prevention    13. Therapy For Cardiovascular Disorders    14. Family & Health   

Subjects:  1. Christianity    2. Christianity - Christian Life - Physical Health    3. Christianity - General    4. Diseases - Heart    5. General    6. Hypertension    7. Popular works    8. Religion    9. Religion - Christian Life    10. Religious aspects   

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Endorsed by Rachel Naomi Remen, authorKitchen Table Wisdom
Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., featured practitioner in Healing and the Mind,PBS Series & Book by Bill Moyers, and author of the 1995 best seller, Kitchen Table Wisdom, endorsed the book as follows:Read more

Subjects:  1. Care of the sick    2. Caregivers    3. Consumer Health    4. Diseases - Heart    5. Family Relationships    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Helping behavior    9. Psychological aspects   

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Excellent resource
I bought this book a few years ago after being diagnosed with MVP.I read the personal stories and felt great sympathy for the people who were experiencing so many symptoms which I didn't have.However, in the past two years, I have experienced many new symptoms and this book has been so reassuring and helpful in giving me ideas about how to control them.I have found Dr. Scordo to have much more knowledge about MVP than any of the primary care physicians I have visited.This book has been immensely helpful to me and I would highly recommend it to anyone diagnosed with MVP.

EXCELLENT!
At first I was a little concerned because of some of the negative reviews. But I did my research and found Dr. Scordo's information at the faculty site of her university. The book will speak for itself. It is excellent with excellent information. Love the stories of other people with MVPS and love all the helpful advice. I too am a teacher and appreciated the additional references in the book. Without any doubts, this is a great book for those who want to learn more about MVP!

Response to: Disappointed in outdated information & lack of author creden, September 3, 2002
I would like to correct some misinformation in the review posted by Louis in Alabama.The author has a PhD in Nursing, Cardiac Physiology, not an "unrelated field." ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Displacement    5. General    6. Mitral valve    7. Popular works    8. Self-Help   

Subjects:  1. Cardiology    2. Consumer Health    3. Coronary heart disease    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Diseases - Heart    6. Medical    7. Popular works    8. Health & Fitness   

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Laura's New Heart hits home!
This beautifully written book describe one woman's journey through congestive heart failure to heart transplantion.The journey is filled with emotional highs and lows and is described from a spiritual perspective.Besides making for a fascinating tale---imagine coming back from the brink of death to lead a completely normal life---the spiritual guidelines offered should allow the reader to better cope with everything life has to offer. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Diseases - Heart    5. Medical - General    6. Personal Memoirs    7. Biography: general   

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A "Must Read"If You Have Angina
This book is a "must read" for anyone with angina pectoris (heart pain) since it carefully describes and documents the supporting data behind ECP (External Counter Pulsation), the most exciting advance in the treatment of heart disease in the last 20 years...and perhaps ever.Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative treatment    2. Angina    3. Cardiology    4. Coronary heart disease    5. Diseases - Heart    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Medical Procedure   

Subjects:  1. Anemia    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases - General    4. Diseases - Heart    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health Care Issues    7. Health/Fitness    8. Hematology    9. Popular works    10. Popular medicine   

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Makes Living Longer Simple
This is a useful refernce book disguised as easy entertainment.It is loaded with the foods that are fun to eat and good for you at the same time. I heard Dr. Applegate say on the radio that heart disease takes alifetime to develop and only moments to kill and that over half the deathsthat occur every year are from some form of heart disease.So she scaredme into buying her book!It has a "Special Risks for Women"section which I made my Mom read.Now she is eating smarter and loves herdaily chocolate ration that is OK with Dr A.This book is on my nightstandand before I fall asleep I open the book at any random spot to see which ofthe 100 foods it opens to and I learn about a new food I had not thoughtabout before or one I am already eating regularly and why it is so good forme.Even though she is from a big University she keeps everything realsimple and easy to remember.It definitely changed my life and I feel myMother and I will live longer because of it.If you read this, thanks Dr.Applegate.

Cool smoothie recipes!
I took Dr. Applegate's nutrition class about ten years ago and she was so cool.She knows everything!She teaches nutrition science to more college students than anyone in the world, over 2,000 a year.I liked her bookbecause I can spend a couple of minutes looking at one or two of her"100 super foods"and learn something fun and neat to know without having to read a whole chapter.(I didn't know avocados andchocolate were good for me.)Her book also showed me how easy all thatgood/bad cholesterol thing is to understand and how to keep your bloodstream loaded with the right stuff.I trust all her tips and tricks abouteating right because she is a professor at the University of California.Iam giving my parents a copy so they will live longer. I feel more energeticafter making one of her power shakes. Her cool smoothie recipes are greaton a hot day.And they are extra tasty knowing they are making mehealthier.I take her "super food" list with me to thesupermarket so I will buy the best foods.The book is easy to read, and atrusty quick reference guide for information that shows you how to live alonger, healthier life. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cardiovascular Diseases    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diet Therapy    5. Diets - Better Health    6. Diseases    7. Diseases - Heart    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health/Fitness    10. Healthy Living    11. Heart    12. Heart diseases    13. Nutrition    14. Prevention    15. Diets & dieting    16. Popular medicine   

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art of exlaining the hardest facts heartily
the book was very good but to follow the tips are very har ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Health/Fitness    5. Heart    6. Patients    7. Popular works    8. Rehabilitation   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Spiritualism - General   

Editorial Review

We're a lonely society. Twenty-five percent of American householdsconsist of one person living alone; 50 percent of American marriages end indivorce (affecting more than a million children); 30 percent of American birthsin 1991 were to unmarried women. These factors are linked to an increased riskof premature death, according to loneliness specialist James J. Lynch, Ph.D.,who has spent almost four decades clarifying how loneliness contributes to amarked increased risk of developing premature coronary heart disease. "Mortalityrates in the United States for all causes of death, and not just for heartdisease, are consistently higher for divorced, single, and widowed individualsof both sexes and all races," writes Lynch in Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Emotions    5. General    6. Loneliness    7. Medicine, Psychosomatic    8. Physiological Psychology    9. Psychology   

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A valuable and instructive little book !
Brief, informative, and interesting. Chelation therapy might be a good alternative to explore before we jump on the expensive surgical bandwagon...

Great little book
30 pages and a ton of information.This is a great book to help you understand the basics of chelation.It's a very cheap way to learn about the therapy alternative to going under the knife. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Heart    5. Exercise    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Fitness & diet   

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Subjects:  1. Cardiology    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases - General    4. Diseases - Heart    5. General    6. Hypertensive Diseases    7. Medical    8. HYPERTENSION    9. Medical / Cardiology    10. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Coronary Heart Disease    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Holistic Medicine    5. Medical   

Subjects:  1. Cardiology    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Medical    5. Reference   

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great overview of alternative medicine
This book was a great resource for my family, since each of us has different health concerns.Whether you are worried about cancer, strokes or other problems, this book answers your questions simply and directly.

easy to understand
I found this book very readable.It makes complex topics easy for the normal person to understand. I am fascinated about the possibility that we may one day have physical immortality.This is the only book about telomerase (the immortality enzyme)that I can find which is easy to read and not too technical. I also enjoyed Dr. Minton's ideas on which of the competing theories about aging are most likely to be correct.

Title doesn't reflect content
This book simply reviews all the articles previously written about telomerase. Pages 13-22 repeat the info about telomerase; then the following few pages talk about other reasons why cells die. (After all none of us are really immortal). There is no new information in any of this.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biotechnology    2. Diseases - Cancer    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Medical    5. Alternative Therapies    6. Telomerase