Your Heart: American Heart Association's Complete Guide to Heart Health

Take care of your heart and it will take care of you! Let the American Heart Association show you how -- in this complete, up-to-the-minute owner's manual from the country's most respected authority on the heart. No matter what your year, make, or model -- male, female, young, or old -- here is everything you need to know. Learn how to:

• Evaluate your personal risk factors

• Recognize signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke -- what they are, what they mean, what to do

• Fuel up on heart-healthy nutrition and keep your motor humming with physical activity

• Clear the air and stop smoking for good

• Eliminate excess weight with a low-fat, low-calorie eating plan that works

• Manage emotions that may be damaging your health

• Seek emergency help -- when, where, and how.
  Discover what to do in the event of an emergency, how to be a good medical consumer, what to expect from diagnostic and treatment procedures, and more. Develop the habits of heart-healthy behavior with the book that could save your life.
  
  Author: American Heart Association
  Publisher: Gallery Books
  Published: 04/02/2011
  Pages: 432
  Binding Type: Paperback
  Weight: 0.85lbs
  Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.08d
  ISBN: 9781451628074
  

  About the Author
  The American Heart Association is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. The AHA is a nonprofit organization that--for nearly one hundred years--has funded cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease research and educated consumers on healthy living.