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American Family Physician
December 15, 2000 |
You Have Diabetes--But You Don't Have to Get Heart Disease Too People with diabetes are more likely to get heart disease because diabetes can have a bad effect on your blood vessels. Some of your lifestyle habits may also raise this risk. Here are some things you can do about your lifestyle habits...   |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2003 |
Diabetes and Heart Disease I have diabetes -- why should I worry about heart disease?... What are the ABCs of diabetes?... Where can I learn more about diabetes and heart disease?... What can I do to reduce my risk for heart disease? |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2003 |
How to Prevent a Stroke What is a stroke?... What increases my risk of having a stroke?... What can I do to lower my risk of having a stroke?... Can medicine help lower my risk of stroke?... etc. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2001 |
Preventing Heart Attacks: What Women Need to Know Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States. American women are four to six times more likely to die of heart disease than of breast cancer. Here are some ways you can lower your risk of having a heart attack... |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2006 |
High Blood Pressure: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is high blood pressure?... What if I have heart or kidney problems or diabetes?... What can I do to help lower my blood pressure?... etc. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2005 |
What Should I Know About Cholesterol? A patient hand-out on how cholesterol levels effect the likelihood of heart attack and stroke. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2006 |
Type 1 Diabetes: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is type 1 diabetes?... What should I do if I have type 1 diabetes?... How do I control my blood sugar level?... What if my blood sugar level gets too low or too high?... etc. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2004 |
What is a stroke? What is a TIA? Find out what the symptoms are for a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and what to do if you, or anyone you know, experiences them. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2004 |
Taking Steps to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Information on type 2 diabetes: detection, who is at risk, and prevention. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2004 |
Heart Failure-What Do I Need to Know About It? A patient bulletin discussing what heart failure is, its most common causes, treatment options, ways to prevent the disease, etc. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2003 |
Cholesterol What is cholesterol?... Why is a high cholesterol level unhealthy?... When should I start having my cholesterol level checked?... Are there different kinds of cholesterol?... What can I do to improve my cholesterol level?... etc. |
AskMen.com
Alex Santoso |
5 Ways To Keep Your Heart Healthy Heart disease kills more men than any other disease. And because you've only got one heart, here are some tips to keep it healthy. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2005 |
Diabetic Nephropathy A patient handout on the disease, it diagnosis and treatment options. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2001 |
Goals for Lowering Your Cholesterol Why is it important to have a normal cholesterol level?... What does the term "total cholesterol" mean?... Why is LDL called the "bad" cholesterol?... What are normal cholesterol levels?... How can I reduce my LDL and total cholesterol levels?... etc. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2001 |
Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes -- What's Available? What are the different steps in managing my diabetes? What are the different types of medicines used to treat type 2 diabetes and how do they work? |
AskMen.com
Joshua Levine |
Preventing A Heart Attack: Part I The warnings signs of a stroke, types of strokes, prevention, and rehabilitation. |
Health
May 2007
Josh Garskof |
Heart Health Step-by-Step Understand your risk factors for cardiovascular disease. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2002 |
High Blood Pressure and Exercise What is blood pressure, and what is high blood pressure?... Who gets high blood pressure?... Can I still get high blood pressure if I exercise?... What can I do if my doctor tells me that I have high blood pressure?...Will medicine that lowers my blood pressure affect my exercise?... etc. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2003 |
Using an Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor What is high blood pressure?... What causes high blood pressure?... Why do I have to control my high blood pressure?... How can I check my blood pressure?... What is an ambulatory blood pressure monitor?... etc. |
AskMen.com
Stephane Leung |
Heart Health Q&A Questions on common concerns about heart disease. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2003 |
Heart Attack: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention What is a heart attack?... How do I know if I am having a heart attack?... What should I do If I think I am having a heart attack?... How can I avoid having a heart attack? |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2004 |
High Blood Pressure An informative pamphlet on what high blood pressure is, what the numbers mean and how and when the condition may be treated. |
Nursing Management
August 2008
Jill R. Quinn |
Women and Heart Disease: An Update A look at statistics regarding coronary heart disease in women as well as related risk factors and prevention. |
Nursing Management
January 2012
Lawrence et al. |
Type 2 Diabetes: Growing to Epic Proportions Affecting all age groups and all aspects of a person's life, diabetes is a major public health issue worldwide, requiring lifelong behavioral and lifestyle changes and support. |
Nurse Practitioner
February 2012
Wood & Gordon |
Preventing CVD in women: The NP's role This article focuses on the new American Heart Association guidelines for preventing cardiovascular disease in women and the nurse practitioner's role in implementing them. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2003
Gavin et al. |
Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes By increasing patient awareness of the link between diabetes and heart disease, family physicians can encourage patients to take medications (including aspirin), stop smoking, lower blood pressure, and lower cholesterol and blood glucose levels. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
September 2001 |
Brain Attack: What you need to know about stroke... |
Seasoned Cooking
July 2004
Michael Fick |
Women's Heart Health: Part Two Ladies, heart attacks are your primary killer, yet 82% of your heart disease is self-induced by bad habits, and thus avoidable. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2000 |
Diabetes: How Do I Know if I Have it? Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your body doesn't make enough of a hormone called insulin, or if your body doesn't use insulin the right way. If left untreated, it may result in blindness, heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and amputations... |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2005 |
Health Care After Cancer Treatment An informative patient hand-out on follow-up cancer care. |
AskMen.com
Chris Riddell |
Heart Healthy Foods & Exercises I did a little digging and compiled a list of the top heart-healthy foods and exercises for you to add to your daily routine. |
AskMen.com
February 2, 2003
Mike Davison |
8 Questions Men Are Afraid To Ask Doctors Due to macho pride or the expense of health care, many men visit the doctor only when something noticeably breaks, like their nose, or stops, like their heart. Likewise, they are not always willing to ask their family doctor embarrassing questions. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2006
Sharonne N. Hayes |
Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Women The American Heart Association guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women provide physicians with a clear plan for assessment and treatment of cardiovascular disease risk and personalization of treatment recommendations. |
Nurse Practitioner
September 2011
Wells & Kalman |
Women & Heart Disease: Symptoms and Treatment Guidelines Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for women. Nurse practitioners need to educate women about their risk and follow practice guidelines. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2003 |
Heart Failure What is heart failure?... What causes heart failure?... What are the symptoms of heart failure?... What tests will I need?... What treatment will I need?... What medicines will I need to take?... etc. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2002 |
How to Stop Smoking Make the decision to quit smoking. Stopping smoking is the best thing you can do for your health... |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2003 |
Heart Attack: Getting Back into Your Life After a Heart Attack How soon can I get back into my regular activities?... Why is exercise so important?... What kind of exercise is good?... How often should I exercise?... etc, |
AskMen.com
November 23, 2003
Martin Selby |
Medical Checkups: What To Examine Although many men tend to avoid doctors like the plague, here are some health issues you might want a doctor to check out. |
AskMen.com
October 13, 2003
Martin Selby |
Obesity: A Bigger Problem Than You Think What are a few extra pounds, after all? Sure, a little extra insulation doesn't hurt, but problems start to arise when your weight crosses that fine line between being overweight and obese. But just what is obesity? And are you at risk? |
Food Processing
August 2011 |
Focus on Health: Happy World Heart Day Here's what Unilever and PepsiCo are doing to improve heart health globally. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2002
Susan Z.
Yanovski |
Medical Care for Obese Patients: Advice for Health Care Professionals More than 60 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, and obese persons are more likely to be ill than those who are not. Obesity presents challenges to physicians and patients and also has a negative impact on health status... |
Nursing
March 2012
Susan Simmons |
Recognizing and preventing Acute stroke in women In women, stroke is the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer, and the major cause of disability. |
AskMen.com
Kevin Neeld |
Maintain A Healthy Waist-To-Hip Ratio Is your health in danger? |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000
Alan J. Garber |
Attenuating Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes All cardiovascular risk factors except smoking are more prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes. In addition to exercise, weight control, aspirin therapy and blood pressure control, therapy to modify lipid profiles is usually necessary... |
Nursing
September 2010
Margaret M. Bolton |
Sounding the alarm about metabolic syndrome Any health problem that affects a third of American adults is sure to impact your nursing practice. Metabolic syndrome, a growing and commonly silent condition, poses a significant public health crisis. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2003
Ezekowitz et al. |
Stroke: Strategies for Primary Prevention Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Every year, approximately 500,000 Americans have a first stroke, and approximately 20 percent die within 30 days. This article summarizes strategies that have been shown to be effective in stroke prevention. |
Health
April 2008
Dorothy Foltz-Gray |
Your Healthy-Weight Mini-Quiz & Calculators Our six key questions will help you find the weight that will help you live longer and better. |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2004 |
Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips to Share with Your Doctor If you are hard of hearinf or deaf, here are some tips to make your next doctor's visit easier. |
AskMen.com
Robert Morris |
How To Maximize Your Doctor Visit Here's how to get the most bang for your buck before, during and after your visit to the doctor. |
Food Processing
December 2005
Mark Anthony |
Take Heart According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly one million Americans per year die of cardiovascular disease. That's more than 40 percent of all deaths, at a rate of nearly two per minute. |
