Answers to Your Questions about Recovery and Lasting Health

Let this book be your guide from diagnosis toward a truly heart-healthy lifestyle.

In a question-and-answer format, Diagnosis: Heart Disease gives all the information you need to know about heart disease. It explains how your body works and what has gone wrong; describes the tests, treatments, and medications you may be prescribed; and shows step by step your road to recovery, as well as preventive measures that can help you live the longest, fullest life possible.

"For anyone with a heart, this book is good before, during, and after heart disease....An easy and profitable read."—C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D.

"A must read for anyone concerned about themselves or a loved one...a critical resource that can save your life."—Dean Edell, M.D., host of The Dr. Dean Edell Show

"[A] book answering a multitude of technical questions in a simple and understandable way....achieves those objectives in a remarkable way."—Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D. M.P.H., Cooper Clinic

"Anyone with heart disease will find this invaluable...describes a lifestyle that can be enjoyable and add years of life."—Walter Willett, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health

Ex-Smokers Share the Secrets of Their Success

"Refreshingly unlike the usual stop-smoking manual, this collection of over 30 interviews with people who kicked the habit follows their paths to hard-won triumph in brief oral histories and commentary. . . . The strength of the book is its refusal to simplify or glorify a gritty struggle. Realistic and persuasive." —Publishers Weekly

"A valuable little book with something for everyone. Everyone, that is, with an interest in quitting smoking." —Robert H. Williams, Washington Post

"In a fascinating and inspiring book, [the authors] give 30 former smokers a chance to share the secrets of their success. The stories can be a source of inspiration, hope, and helpful hits for smokers who have, like the storytellers, made repeated failed attempts to quit." —Jane Brody, New York Times

"If you've ever tried to quit smoking and failed, and you want to make your next puff your last one, read this book and you'll find out how to do it. These are the real life stories of a host of individuals who have made it." —Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

A handbook of information on heart disease and cardiac health explains how the human body works; the various tests, treatments, and medications used for heart disease; the recovery process; and the behaviors that can promote health or heart disease.