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What is High Blood Pressure?

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 9:16am
What is high blood pressure? What is hypertension? The American Heart Association explains that High blood pressure, also known as HBP, hypertension or the "silent killer" is a widely misunderstood medical condition.

Understanding Blood Pressure Readings

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 9:01am
What are blood pressure readings? Systolic, diastolic? The American Heart Association helps you understand the various levels of blood pressure and how high blood pressure or hypertension is defined. also learn about prehypertension, hypertension, hypertensive crisis, and what is a healthy blood pressure.

High Blood Pressure Tools & Resources

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 8:25am
Find tools to manage your high blood pressure (hypertension).

Coronary Artery Disease - Coronary Heart Disease

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 3:19pm
What is coronary heart disease? What is coronary artery disease? The American Heart Association explains the sometimes confusing terms CAD and CHD, the causes of CAD, risk factors for coronary artery disease, and how to prevent coronary artery disease or CAD.

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Pericarditis

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 2:39pm
The American Heart Association explains the signs and symptoms of pericarditis and how it is diagnosed.

What is Pericarditis?

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 2:29pm
The American Heart Association explains pericarditis, the potential causes, who is at risk for pericarditis and the outlook.

Losing Weight With Life's Simple 7 Infographic

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 2:10pm
The American Heart Association helps you learn how to lose weight with some simply steps from Life's Simple 7.

How to Track Your Sodium

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 12:35pm
The American Heart Association helps you learn how much sodium you are getting in your diet with this handy tracker.

Heart-Health Risk Assessments from the American Heart Association

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 10:04am
The American Heart Association offers these heart-health risk assessment tools such as heart attack risk asessment, high blood pressure risk calculator, my diabetes Life Assessment and My Life Check.

Heart-Healthy Recipes Bilingual Edition

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 8:12am
This brochure provides 22 culturally appropriate recipes presented in English and Spanish.

Eating Better With Life's Simple 7

Tue, 02/26/2013 - 11:00pm
The American Heart Association helps you learn to lose weight using these simple tips.

About Cardiac Arrest

Tue, 02/26/2013 - 3:50pm
Sudden cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function in a person who may or may not have diagnosed heart disease.

Single-Parent | Working-Parent Heart Health

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 11:00pm
The American Heart Association explains how single parents and working parents can find time for heart health and health eating.

Losing Weight With Life's Simple 7

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 11:00pm
The American Heart Association helps you learn to lose weight using these simple tips.

Cholesterol

Sun, 02/24/2013 - 11:00pm
What is cholesterol? The American Heart Association explains how cholesterol affect the heart. Learn about prevention of high cholesterol and treatment of high cholesterol, healthy cholesterol levels, ldl, hdl, athersclerosis, arteriosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, bad cholesterol, reducing cholesterol, cholesterol screening, cholesterol tracker, low cholesterol recipes and preventing high cholesterol.

Heart Attack

Sun, 02/24/2013 - 11:00pm
What is a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction? What is coronary heart disease and coronary artery disease? The American Heart Association explains the Warning Signs of Heart Attack, Risk of Heart Attack, Symptoms of Heart Attack, Treatment of Heart Attack, diagnosis of heart attack, heart attack resources, heart attack tools, heart attack symptoms, heart attack signs, heart attack warning signs.

Weight Management and Blood Pressure

Wed, 02/20/2013 - 11:00pm
The American Heart Association explains how maintaining a healthy weight may help lower your blood pressure.

Stress and Blood Pressure

Wed, 02/20/2013 - 11:00pm
Does stress cause high blood pressure? The American Heart Association explains the link between hypertension and stress level.

Understand Your Risk for High Blood Pressure

Wed, 02/20/2013 - 11:00pm
The American Heart Association helps you understand your risk of high blood pressure, also called hypertension, by looking at family history, age, diet and poor nutrition like a high-sodium diet, obesity and lack of exercise, alcohol as well as stress, smoking and sleep apnea.

Atrial Fibrillation Medications

Wed, 02/20/2013 - 11:00pm
The American Heart Association explains afib medications, managing your prescriptions for afib, such as Blood thinners anticoagulants and much more.

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