Diagnosis: Heart Disease - Answers to Your Questions About Recovery and Lasting Health Book

Let this book be your guide from diagnosis toward a truly heart-healthy lifestyle. If you or someone in your family has been newly diagnosed with heart disease, you will want this book by your side. In a question-and-answer format, the authors explain how your body works and what has gone wrong; describe the tests, treatments, and medications you may be prescribed; and show step by step your road to recovery and how to live the longest, fullest life possible. You will get practical advice on how to change your habits--smoking, stress, diet, and exercise--from ones that put you at risk to ones that will keep you healthy; and special information on women's health issues, both before and after menopause. For most people with heart disease, the chances not only of survival but of a bright future that allows enjoyment of life at its fullest are greater today than ever before. Get the facts; seize your opportunity.Read More