Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. The good news is that by controlling blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, eating a healthy diet, and getting regular exercise, you can help manage your risk. Bookmark this page to keep these WisdomCards at your fingertips.
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News (most recent first)
- Depression and Heart Risks
- Statins and Heart Attack Risk
- Grapes May Lower Blood Pressure
- Air Pollution Harmful After a Heart Attack
- Women Smokers Lose 14 Years
- HRT Improves Quality of Life for Older Women
- Angioplasty Vs. Drugs
- Married People Still Healthiest
- Isaac Hayes Passes Away
- Seaweed Gel May Mend a Broken Heart
- Legendary Broadcaster Skip Caray Passes Away
- Spouses of Smokers At Risk for Stroke
- Rheumatoid Arthritis May Double Heart Attack Risk
- Nighttime Heart Attacks Linked to Sleep Apnea
- AHA Releases Guidelines on Strokes in Children and Infants
- Stem Cells Grow Heart Blood Vessels in Mice
- Global Warming Poses Health Threats
- Cardiac Surgery Pioneer, Dr. Michael DeBakey, Passes Away
- Tilapia Not Good For Heart Health
- New York City's Ban on Trans Fats Official
- George Carlin Dies of Heart Failure
- Cardiac Arrest Prognosis
- Coffee Good For Heart Health
- Tim Russert Dies Of Heart Attack
- Vitamin D May Protect Against Heart Attack
- Smoking Tied to Memory Problems
- Controlling Blood Sugar Helps Kidneys, Not Hearts
- Red Wine May Slow Aging
- Erectile Dysfunction May Be Sign of Heart Trouble
- Sleep Apnea Raises Heart Risks While Flying
- Childhood Cancer Survivors May Be Prone to Heart Trouble
- Bayer Discontinues Trasylol
- Carotid Bruits May Signal Heart Attack
- Arthritis Affects More Than Half of Diabetics
- Chantix Still Recommended Despite Concerns
- Young Women Miss Signs of Heart Attack
- Incubators Electromagnetic Fields Affect Newborn's Heart Rates
- Fosamax Linked to Heart Problems
- Menstrual Blood Can Repair Heart Damage
- FDA Approves New Heart Pump
- Melody Pulmonary Valve
- Life Expectancy Dropping
- ADHD Stimulants and Heart Risk
- Start! Walking Movement for Heart Health
- Heart Attacks and Vioxx
- Merck Accused of Deception
- DASH Diet for a Healthy Heart
- Cherries May Prevent Diabetes and Heart Disease
- New CPR Technique
- Vytorin, Zetia Controversy
- Heart Healthy Chocolate
- Red Wine and Cancer
- Cholesterol Controversy
- (more)
Alternative and Holistic Care
- Alternative Treatments for Cholesterol
- Alternatives to Heart Bypass Surgery
- Andrographis
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Arginine
- Astragalus Tea
- Best Vitamins for Your Heart
- Blood Pressure and Saunas
- Cardiomyopathy Alternative Treatments
- Danshen
- Docosahexaenoic Acid
- Dr. Budwig Diet
- Fenugreek Overdose
- Flaxseed Oil and Weight Loss
- Flaxseed Oil vs. Fish Oil
- Green Tea Side Effects
- Hawthorn
- Herbs To Lower Cholesterol
- Herbs for Hypothyroidism
- Linolenic Acid
- Natural Alternative to Lipitor
- Omega-3
- Omega-3 for Depression
- Prayer
- Qi Gong
- Red Yeast Rice and Cholesterol
- Relacore Side Effects
- Transcendental Meditation and Heart Disease
- Yoga and Heart Disease
- (more)
Awareness Events
Calculators and Tools
Celebrities and Health
Communities and Support Groups
Conditions
- Acute Hemorrhagic Pericarditis
- Adams-Stokes Disease
- Angina Types
- Arrhythmia and Cardiovascular Disease
- Arterial Occlusive Disease
- Atrioventricular Block
- Cardiac Enzyme Studies
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Child Obesity
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Diabetes (Type 1)
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Endomyocardial Fibrosis
- Forbes Disease
- Heart Attack
- Heart Attack and Smoking
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Heart Rhythm Disorders
- Heart Valve Disease
- High Risk Pregnancy
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypertensive Heart Disease
- Inflammatory Heart Disease
- Iron Overload Disorder
- Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome
- Myocarditis
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea
- Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Legs
- Prehypertension
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Pulmonic Stenosis
- Renal Artery Stenosis
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease
- Sneddon Syndrome
- Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
- Timothy Syndrome
- Torsade de Pointes
- Valvular Heart Disease
- (more)
Diagnostic Tests
- Abdominojugular Test
- Angiogram
- Angiography
- C-reactive protein (CRP) Test
- Cardiac Enzyme Studies
- Carotid Angiogram
- Carotid Ultrasound
- Doppler Echocardiography
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram
- Exercise Electrocardiogram
- Home Lipid Testing
- Lipid Profile
- Medical Tests to Check for Heart Disease
- Nuclear Perfusion Imaging
- Sestamibi Scan
- Stress Testing
- (more)
Diet and Nutrition
- A and W Fast Food Nutrition
- Adipex Side Effects
- Almonds and Good Cholesterol
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Applebees Restaurant Nutrition
- Arby's Fast Food Nutrition
- Arginine
- Balance Bar
- Benihana Restaurant Nutrition
- Best Breakfast Foods
- Biotin Side Effects
- Bob Evans Restaurant Nutrition
- Breakfast Bars
- Burger King Fast Food Nutrition
- Burgerville Nutrition
- Cardiac Arrest Treatment
- Carl's Jr Restaurant Nutrition
- Champps Restaurant Nutrition
- Cherries May Prevent Diabetes and Heart Disease
- Chick-Fil-A Fast Food Nutrition
- Chili's Restaurant Nutrition
- Chipotle Restaurant Calories
- Choline
- Corn Found in All Types of Fast Food
- Cracker Barrel Restaurant Nutrition
- DASH Diet for a Healthy Heart
- Dairy Queen Fast Food Nutrition
- Damon’s Grill Nutrition
- Dark Chocolate
- Denny's Restaurant Nutrition
- Diets to Lower Cholesterol and Lose Weight
- Effects of Obesity Drugs
- Fast Food Diet
- Fast Food Guide for Arby's
- Fasting
- Fattest Cities in the United States
- Flaxseed Oil and Weight Loss
- Forbes Disease
- Friendly's Restaurant Nutrition
- Garfield's Restaurant Nutrition
- Grapes May Lower Blood Pressure
- Green Tea Side Effects
- Healthy Breakfasts
- Healthy Fast Food
- Heart Attack Treatment
- Heart Disease and Fast Food
- Hooters Restaurant Nutrition
- How to Lose Ten Pounds Fast
- How to Survive the Holidays on a Diet
- IHOP Restaurant Nutrition
- In-N-Out Burger Fast Food Nutrition
- Jack In The Box Fast Food Nutrition
- Joe Piscatella
- KFC Fast Food Nutrition
- LongHorn Steakhouse Nutrition
- Long John Silver's Fast Food Nutrition
- Magnesium Deficiency
- McDonald's Fast Food Nutrition
- Medifast
- New York City's Ban on Trans Fats Official
- Noodles and Company Nutrition
- Perkins Restaurant and Bakery Nutrition
- Quiznos Fast Food Nutrition
- Red Lobster Restaurant Nutrition
- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Restaurant Nutrition
- Red Wine
- Red Wine May Slow Aging
- Red Yeast Rice and Cholesterol
- Ruby Tuesday Restaurant Nutrition
- Sandella's Flatbread Nutrition
- Shoney's Restaurant Nutrition
- Sodium
- Sonic Fast Food Nutrition
- Star Jones and Gastric Bypass
- Subway Fast Food Nutrition
- Supplements for Heart Health
- T.G.I. Friday’s Restaurant Nutrition
- Taco Bell Fast Food Nutrition
- The Cheesecake Factory Restaurant Nutrition
- Tilapia Not Good For Heart Health
- Tips for Healthy Fast Food Choices
- Waffle House Restaurant Nutrition
- Wendy's Restaurant Nutrition
- (more)
Drugs and Medications
- ADHD Stimulants and Heart Risk
- Accuretic
- Activase
- Adipex Side Effects
- Adverse Reactions to Zetia
- Aldoril
- Aler-Dryl
- Altace Side Effects
- Alternatives to Lipitor
- Amifostine
- Amiloride
- Amiodarone
- Angiomax
- Angioplasty Vs. Drugs
- Antara
- Antiarrhythmic Agents
- Anticoagulants
- Aprotinin
- Arixtra
- Ascriptin
- Aspirin
- Atenolol Side Effects
- Azor
- Banophen
- Bayer Discontinues Trasylol
- Ben-Tann
- Betaine
- Betapace
- Bisoprolol
- Blocadren
- Blood Thinners
- Brevibloc
- Calan
- Calcium Antagonist Overdose
- Calcium Channel Blocker Side Effects
- Candesartan
- Capozide
- Cardene
- Cardiac Arrest Treatment
- Cardizem
- Clorpres
- Colestid
- Controlling Blood Sugar Helps Kidneys, Not Hearts
- Cordarone
- Coreg
- Coreg Side Effects
- Corzide
- Covera HS
- Cozaar Side Effects
- Crestor
- Demadex
- Demser
- Diovan
- Diphen
- Disopyramide
- Dofetilide
- Dr. Budwig Diet
- Dytan
- Dytuss
- Enalapril Side Effects
- Eprosartan
- Estrace
- Ethmozine
- Exforge
- Ezetimibe
- Ezetrol
- Fabrazyme
- Fenofibrate
- Flaxseed Oil and Weight Loss
- Fluvastatin
- Fondaparinux
- Fosinopril
- Gemfibrozil
- Genahist
- Glimepiride
- Guanfacine
- HRT Improves Quality of Life for Older Women
- Heart Attack Treatment
- Hydramine
- Iloprost
- Indapamide
- Inderal
- InnoPran XL
- Irbesartan
- Ismo
- Isoproterenol
- Isordil
- Isosorbide
- Isoxsuprine
- Kerlone
- Labetalol
- Lanoxicaps
- Lanoxin
- Linolenic Acid
- Lipitor and Heart Palpitations
- Lipitor and Leg Cramps
- Lipitor and Weight Gain
- Lopid
- Lovastatin
- Merck Accused of Deception
- Methyldopa
- Microzide
- Mitral Valve Prolapse Treatments
- Moexipril
- Moricizine
- Morphine and Heart Attacks
- Muscle Pain and Lipitor
- Natural Alternative to Lipitor
- Nesiritide
- New York Times Report on Zetia
- Nicardipine
- Nimodipine
- Nitroglycerin for Sudden Chest Pain
- Nitrolingual
- Normodyne
- Norvasc
- Omega-3 and Propofol
- Omega-3 for Depression
- Oretic
- Oxprenolol
- Pentoxifylline
- Persantine
- Plavix
- Polythiazide
- Pramlintide
- Prevalite
- Primacor
- Prinzide
- Propranolol
- Quinidine
- Relacore Side Effects
- Renese
- Rythmol
- Side Effects of Lipitor
- Side Effects of Statin Drugs
- Sources of Omega-3
- Statins and Heart Attack Risk
- Tambocor
- Tarka
- Telmisartan
- Teveten
- Tiazac
- Ticlid
- Tikosyn
- Tinzaparin
- Tirofiban
- Toprol
- Torsemide
- Tracleer
- Triglide
- Trilone
- Univasc
- Valsartan
- Vasodilan
- Verelan
- Vytorin, Zetia Controversy
- WelChol
- When to Take Zetia
- Zaroxolyn
- Zebeta
- Zetia and Hair Loss
- Zetia and Lipitor
- Zocor
- (more)
Fitness and Exercise
- Balance Bar
- Best Time to Work Out
- Blood Pressure and Saunas
- Exercise Electrocardiogram
- Exercise Intolerance
- Exercise and Cholesterol
- Fattest Cities in the United States
- Fitness and Heart Disease
- Heart Disease and Exercise
- How to Lose Ten Pounds Fast
- Mitral Valve Prolapse and Exercise
- Star Jones and Gastric Bypass
- Valsalva Maneuver
- Yoga and Heart Disease
- (more)
Genetics
Health Advocates and Professionals
Healthcare Companies
Hospitals and Health Centers
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
- Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
- Aultman Hospital
- Cardiac Intensive Care
- Franklin Square Hospital
- Geisinger Health System
- Hannibal Regional Hospital
- Henry Ford Hospital
- Hospital of St. Raphael
- Lankenau Hospital
- Memorial University Medical Center
- Nebraska Medical Center
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Saint Rose Hospital
- Sanford USD Medical Center
- St. John's Hospital
- University of Maryland Medical Center
- (more)
How To
Physicians
Surgeries and Procedures
- Ablation
- Alternatives to Heart Bypass Surgery
- Aorta Surgery
- Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery
- Atherectomy
- Biventricular Pacemaker
- Cardiopulmonary Bypass
- Emergency Resuscitation
- Heart Failure and Transplantation
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Heart Valve Replacement
- Homograft Heart Valves
- Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
- Mitral Valve Prolapse Surgery
- Mitral Valve Surgery
- Percutaneous Valve Interventions
- Percutaneous Valve Repair
- Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
- Reoperation Valve Surgery
- Stenting
- Valve Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
- (more)
Symptoms
Treatments
- Angina Treatment
- Atherosclerosis Treatments
- Biventricular Pacemaker
- Cardiac Arrest Treatment
- Cardiomyopathy Treatments
- Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
- Heart Attack Treatment
- Mitral Valve Prolapse Treatments
- Nitrolingual
- Percutaneous Valve Interventions
- Pericarditis Treatments
- Red Yeast Rice and Cholesterol
- Tarka
- (more)
Videos
Quick Wisdom
- Acrocyanosis
- Acyanotic Heart Disease Research
- Alcohol and High Cholesterol
- Alcohol and Infertility
- Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
- Angina Risk Factors
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
- Asplenia
- Atherosclerosis Causes
- Atherosclerosis Prevention
- Atherosclerosis Risk Factors
- Atherosclerosis and Stress
- Atrial Fibrillation Complications
- Atrial Fibrillation Five Year Risk of Stroke
- Blacks and Heart Disease Risk
- Blood Pressure
- CPR Guidelines
- CPR Masks
- CPR Online Instructions
- CPR for Children
- Cardiac Arrest Causes
- Cardiac Enzymes
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Cardiology
- Cardiomyopathy Causes
- Cardiomyopathy Statistics
- Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
- Cardiovascular Disease Causes
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Cardiovascular Disease and Anorexia Nervosa
- Cardiovascular Disease in Women
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Child CPR
- Children and Heart Murmurs
- Cholesterol Lowering Drugs and Atherosclerosis
- Chronic Pericarditis
- Coenzyme Q10 and High Blood Pressure
- Constrictive Pericarditis
- Coronary Artery Disease Causes
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Drugs Used for Coronary Heart Disease
- Ebstein's Anomaly
- Electrophysiology Study
- Emotions and Heart Disease
- Essential Hypertension
- Flolan
- Gifts for People with Heart Disease
- Graves' Disease Complications
- Heart Attack Causes
- Heart Attack Prevention
- Heart Attack Recovery
- Heart Attack vs. Cardiac Arrest
- Heart Attacks and Dental Hygiene
- Heart Defects
- Heart Disease Prevention
- Heart Disease and Agent Orange
- Heart Disease in Children
- Heart Murmur Causes
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Valve Surgeons
- High-Density Lipoprotein
- Hot Flashes
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophy
- Indoor Air Quality
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Lipitor and Atkins Diet
- Low-Density Lipoprotein
- Malignant Hypertension
- Marijuana Use and Atherosclerosis
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Stenosis
- Mitral Valve Prolapse Causes
- Mitral Valve Prolapse Complications
- Non-Surgical Treatment for Valve Disease
- Obesity and Social Acceptance
- Open Heart Surgery
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Pallor
- Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Pectus Excavatum
- Pericarditis Causes
- Pericarditis Complications
- Pericardium
- Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
- Pollution
- Pomegranate
- Premature Atrial Contraction
- Prinzmetal's Angina
- Reasons for Knowing CPR
- Reducing Plaque in Atherosclerosis Patients
- Reflexology for Hypertension
- Renovascular Hypertension
- Right Sided Heart Failure
- Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease
- Secondary Polycythemia
- Sex and Stress Relief
- Signs of Heart Attacks in Women
- Sinus Arrhythmia
- Sleep Apnea and Heart Disease
- Stable Angina
- Stress and Heart Attacks
- Stress and High Blood Pressure
- Stroke Recovery
- Systemic Scleroderma
- Teeth Plaque and Cardiovascular Disease
- Tobacco
- Tricuspid Regurgitation
- Understanding Your Cholesterol Level
- Unstable Angina
- Vascular
- Vascular Spasm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Vytorin and Zetia Study
- Wallenberg Syndrome
- Wine and Cholesterol
- Women and Coronary Artery Disease
- Women and Heart Disease
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