The Women's Concise Guide to a Healthier Heart (Paperback)

From the authors of The Harvard Guide to Women's Health Heart disease is the number one killer of women in this country. Every year half a million American women die of heart problems--and another 2.5 million are hospitalized for heart disease. This book brings the risks and realities of cardiovascular disease for women into clear focus. Where previous books have concentrated on men, The Women's Concise Guide to a Healthier Heart recognizes and clarifies the significant differences between men and women in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions. The book lays out in plain English all that we currently know about preventing, recognizing, and living with a heart problem. Does an aspirin a day prevent heart disease in women? Does moderate alcohol consumption help or hurt? What about weight gain in middle age? Estrogen replacement therapy? These are the kinds of everyday, life-and-death questions that are addressed specifically for women in this concise guide. It considers questions of cholesterol and diabetes, stress and depression, diet and smoking. It explores diagnostic procedures and surgeries and explains their differing reliability and benefits for women and men. Helpfully illustrated and easy to use, clear and comprehensive on every heart problem and related symptom and behavior, this book is the best resource for any woman wishing to understand the health and workings of her heart.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1997
First published:	September 1997
Authors:	Karen J. Carlson • Stephanie A. Eisenstat • Terra Ziporyn
Dimensions:	222 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-95484-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Cardiovascular medicine Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > Women's health Promotions
LSN:	0-674-95484-X
Barcode:	9780674954847

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