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When the actress Debbie Reynolds died a day after her beloved daughter, Carrie Fisher, we interpreted it as literal 'heartbreak'. But what's the evidence? How do times of emotional upheaval affect the heart? Can love, or exercise, really heal our heart problems? And why do we know so much about heart attacks in men when they are more fatal in women? Can You Die of a Broken Heart? is a fascinating insight into the workings of our most vital organ and how our emotions and lifestyle affect its every beat.

In You Can Prevent a Stroke, Dr. Joshua Yamamoto and Dr. Kristin Thomas help us understand what we can do, and what we can ask of our doctors, to manage the effects of aging on our circulation so that we do not have a stroke. For years, they have approached patients with the fundamentals learned at The Johns Hopkins Hospital: "Take responsibility for your patient's health, go in-depth, have an unswerving commitment to solving problems, be thorough, thoughtful, and have attention to detail."

DASH diet - Best Diet Overall ranking for eight years in a row (2011-2018) by the panel of experts assembled by US News & World Report. To receive top ratings a diet must be easy to follow, nutritious, safe, effective for weight loss, and protective against chronic diseases. Which means you can get healthier and lose weight without going hungry or totally eliminating your favorite food groups for the rest of your life.

Coronary artery disease has become the number one killer in the US, with cancer not far behind. What links these and other common health issues of the day? Often it’s heavy metals like mercury, lead, and cadmium that have become inescapable in our modern life. Once these substances get in our bodies, they cause serious damage, especially to our arteries and organs. Chelation therapy is an option for protecting the heart and enhancing health by defending against heavy metal toxins and preventing or reversing clogged arteries.

High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of disability or death due to stroke, heart attack, heart failure and kidney failure. After improving for a period of several years, the tables seem to have turned again. Now, even with the awareness and risks involved with this silent killer, high blood pressure continues to claim more lives and has become a serious problem. Nutrition and exercise are the keys to healthier living and Dr. Colbert explains how to make them work.

Thousands of patients every year are admitted to hospitals because of irregular, fast, or strong heartbeats. For the portion that will eventually be diagnosed with a heart condition, there are important choices to make moving forward. But there is rarely time in a short doctor’s visit to go over all the details. This comprehensive overview fills that information gap by imparting everything there is to know about abnormal heart rhythms through all stages of care.

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a prevalent health concern globally. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hypertension affects approximately 1.13 billion people worldwide. It is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure. Understanding high blood pressure helps individuals recognize its significance and take appropriate measures to prevent or manage it.

The Mediterranean diet is the century old secret of Mediterranean people's great health and longevity. Following the Mediterranean lifestyle offers a lot of benefits; however, due to our busy lives, finding the time to cook healthy dishes is becoming increasingly challenging. If you want to save time while still eating delicious and healthy dishes, this is the right book for you. You'll learn how to plan and prep healthy meals in advance, how to choose the right storage containers, and how to safely store foods.

This book, written by Yuchi Yang, a registered dietitian for over 20 years, will provide you with six simple steps to lowering your blood pressure. Each step starts with some facts and ends with a tool that you can use to track your progress. In addition, this book provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

An estimated 1.28 billion adults worldwide have hypertension. And about half don't even know they have it. That's because high blood pressure develops with no signs or symptoms...until it has caused serious damage. Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure offers information and tools to help you keep blood pressure from building to dangerous levels. By taking specific steps, you can live well with high blood pressure—and even keep it from ever forming. In this book, Gary Schwartz, M.D., tells you how.

Heart disease remains the number-one killer of women, outpacing breast cancer, diabetes, and stroke, with one in four women receiving a diagnosis in her lifetime. The problem is only getting worse. In Heart Solution for Women, Dr. Menolascino explores the many ways our hearts are the pathway to overall health.

High blood pressure is among the leading causes of heart attacks, stroke, and other diseases. Since high blood pressure doesn't bear many symptoms, a third of adults don't know if they have it. The only surefire way of determining whether you suffer from high blood pressure or not is to have your blood pressure measured on a regular basis.

“Strokes are the third-leading cause of death in America, and for the ‘lucky’ stroke victims who don’t die, about half will spend the rest of their lives trying to recover.” Roughly 700,000 American suffer a stroke each year and around 140,000 of them are fatal. Different Strokes is an in-depth look at what surviving, or not surviving, a stroke can mean.

Learn inspiring and empowering mind/body healing techniques to counter heart disease and hypertension. From one of the world's leading practitioners and teachers of mind/body medicine, this unique program will help you meet the challenges of hypertension and coronary heart disease, and learn specific techniques to help you recover from their effects.

Herbs and spices that help you heal various health conditions: Diabetes - Eat this regularly and keep complete control of your blood sugar and help with arthritis, cholesterol and more. Cancer - Use these Proven recipes, complete details provided, from world renowned research scientists and medical doctors to be cancer free! Cold and flu - Learn about this new herb, commonly not known in the West, to cure cold and flu. Weight Loss - These seven foods will do the weight-loss work for you! And more!

Heart Disease and Aortic Aneurysms is a simple self-help guide to help people visualize and understand a brief introduction, how physicians may diagnose Aortic Aneurysms, some of its treatments and how to prevent Aortic Aneurysms. This book may also assist an individual in choosing a physician to help them with their aneurysms. God bless!

Get this audiobook by Amazon best-selling author Dr. M. Kotb. Killing 3 Birds with One Stone is the scientifically proven program to reverse heart disease. Make one simple change each day to slash your heart disease risk by 60 percent. This step-by-step guide will give you all of the tools you need to reverse heart disease, lower blood pressure, and lower cholesterol in 21 days, naturally - with no drugs and no surgery! Let us begin, and I will be your guide.

It is my intention, through the chapters of this audiobook, to inform listeners who experience these common but most-often benign palpitations, with facts, that can help them to better-cope with the concerning symptoms they may experience with these strange heartbeats.

The main cause of heart disease—the world's number one killer of women and men—is a cancer-like "tumor" inside the coronary arteries that keep our hearts beating. Although this similarity to cancer is well-established in medical journals, most people (and their health care providers) don't approach heart disease as seriously as cancer, even though it's just as deadly.

Becoming heart healthy means understanding the risks you face and the ways to prevent those risks from becoming a reality. New medical science and technology have made assessing risk easier than ever, but creating a healthy strategy that’s right for you can seem daunting. Dr. Simeon Margolis (MD, Johns Hopkins) helps you do just that in this insightful set of talks.