Heart category: 404 books

An aneurysm or aneurism (from Greek: ἀνεύρυσμα - aneurusma "dilation", from ἀνευρύνειν - aneurunein "to dilate") is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain...

You Can Fix The Fat From Childhood promotes family-focused comprehensive knowledge and behaviors with an eye toward preventing early disability and death from heart disease. Heart disease risk factors show in early childhood. Learning to adopt healthy lifestyles thats prevention! Health doesnt come...

Combat silent inflammation -- the most serious health threat you never heard of Heart disease is the #1 killer of Americans. Cancer is the #1 fear of Americans. Dementia is the #1 concern of Americans. What do these devastating illnesses have in common? All three have been linked to...

Kawasaki disease (KD), also known as Kawasaki syndrome, lymph node syndrome and mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome,[1] is an autoimmune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It is largely seen in children under five years of age. It affects many organ...

Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle, primarily affecting your heart's main pumping chamber (left ventricle). The left ventricle becomes enlarged (dilated) and can't pump blood to your body with as much force as a healthy heart can. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Cardiomyopathy (kahr-dee-oh-my-OP-uh-thee) is a disease that weakens and enlarges your heart muscle. There are three main types of cardiomyopathy — dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive. Cardiomyopathy makes it harder for your heart to pump blood and deliver it to the rest of your body. Cardiomyopathy...

This shockingly frank and irreverent memoir of a young woman’s life with a heart transplant “will inspire and choke you up with tears and laughter” (Larry King). At twenty-four, Amy Silverstein was your typical type-A law student: smart, driven, and highly competitive. With a full course...

Bradycardia is a slower than normal heart rate. The heart usually beats between 60 and 100 times a minute in an adult at rest. If you have bradycardia (brad-e-KAHR-de-uh), your heart beats fewer than 60 times minute. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Simple dietary and lifestyle changes can significantly change your cholesterol profile – within two to three months of improving your diet, taking more exercise and losing excess weight. This book KEY TO LOWERING CHOLESTEROL includes accurate info & practical tips about: 1) What cholesterol...

NAHA Certified Aromatherapist and founder of Aroma Hut Institute, Rebecca Park Totilo, brings you another Essential Oils Guide, How to Lower Your Cholesterol with Essential Oil. Learn how to take healthy steps to control high cholesterol and its risk factors with essential oils. People with...

Six weeks after open heart surgery, I am back in the hospital again. The repairs have failed irreversibly. The pumping ventricle of my heart has no ostensible blood supply. “Heart transplant” is working its way into conversations with my doctors. Maybe we should sail “Grace” to Ireland instead.

**Translated by Marion Wiesel A profoundly and unexpectedly intimate, deeply affecting summing up of his life so far, from one of the most cherished moral voices of our time.** Eighty-two years old, facing emergency heart surgery and his own mortality, Elie Wiesel reflects back on his...

For many years, FAT were deemed the bad guy. We were told to avoid foods with fat at all costs. However, now we know that the type of fat you eat is what's important and that eating the right kinds can have many benefits. UNSATURATED FAT is type of HEALTHY FAT and the one you should definitely...

If you’re a woman over thirty-five you probably have a lot of stress in your life–maybe even more than you realize. You may have a demanding job, family obligations, financial pressures, or a combination of all three. You’re most likely low on energy, gaining weight, and not sleeping as well...