American Medical Association Guide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease (ebook)

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in both men and women in the United States today. The good news is that with knowledge and practical lifestyle changes, heart disease is both treatable and preventable. In the American Medical Association Guide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease, you'll learn everything you need to know to lessen your risk of cardiovascular disease, take control of it if you have it, or help a loved one.

Heart and blood vessel disease takes many forms, including high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, vascular heart disease, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and stroke. Drawing on the most authoritative information and the most up-to-date research, the American Medical Association Gide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease helps pinpoint your major risk factors and shows you how to deal with them. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about your heart and how it functions, about why it is so important to quit smoking, and about heart-conscious ways to exercise. You'll also learn the critical warning signs you should tell your doctor about right away, and how heart disease manifests itself differently in women and men.

The book empowers you to take charge of your family's treatment regimen by providing essential facts on vital topics including:

• How to control your cholesterol level and why this is so crucial
• The latest information on medications, including high blood pressure medications such as ACE inhibitors, angiogenesis 2 receptor blocks, cholesterol-lowering statins, antiarrhythmia drugs, and more
• Women-specific heart disease symptoms
• How to lower your blood pressure in as little as 2 to 4 weeks through diet
• Painless ways to incorporate exercise into your day
• The role of inflammation in atherosclerosis
• The effects of saturated fats and trans fats on cholesterol levels
• Symptoms of cardiac arrest, stoke, angina, heartburn, and arrhythmias-and how to tell them apart
• How birth control pills, pregnancy, menopause, and hormone therapy can affect a woman's cardiovascular health

By following the recommendations and guide-lines found in the American Medical Association Gide to Preventing and treating Heart6 Disease, you can minimize or even eliminate the risk of serious complications of cardiovascular disease while optimizing your family's health

The AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION is the leading professional association of physicians in the United States and has been one of the most respected health-related organizations in the world for more than 150 years. MARTIN S. LIPSKY, MD, a family physician, is regional Dean at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, MARLA MENDELSON, MD, a cardiologist, is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. STEPHEN HAVAS, MD, MPH, is Vice President of Science, Quality, Public Health, and Medical Education at the American Medical Association. MICHAEL MILLER, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Preventive Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine.0Introduction.

1. Your Heart and Circulatory System.

2. Managing Your Cholesterol Level.

3. High Blood Pressure.

4. Quitting Smoking.

5. Exercise and Physical Activity.

6. Eating Healthfully for a Lifetime.

7. Overweight and Obesity.

8. Controlling Diabetes.

9. Stress.

10. Physical Examinations and Diagnostic tests.

11. Heart Attack.

12. Heart Valve Problems.

13. Stroke and Other Diseases of the Blood Vessels.

14. Congestive Heart Failure.

15. Arrhythmias.

16. Women and Heart Disease.

Appendix. Managing Your Health Care.

Glossary.

Index.