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Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the industrialized world.

Heart-healthy eating habits, kicking the smoking habit, and other lifestyle choices can go a long way to preventing heart disease, angina attacks, and even stroke.

Find out more about cholesterol counts, the benefits of exercise, stress reduction, proper diet and other factors that you can control to reduce the chance of heart disease in your future...

American Heart Association - If it's heart-health related, it's discussed on this site. Information for doctors, patients, caregivers or anyone else concerned with how to prevent heart attacks and strokes.

The Congenital Heart Information Network - From the site: "C.H.I.N. is an international organization that provides reliable information, support services and resources to families of children with congenital heart defects and acquired heart disease, adults with congenital heart defects, and the professionals who work with them." Chat, resources, news, links and more...

Heart Info - A very consumer-oriented site. The articles are full of good information on prevention, living with heart disease, how to recognize a heart attack and other important issues. Treatments, nutrition, drugs, fitness and more covered in depth.

The Heart Disease Prevention Program - Risk assessment and prevention is the focus here. Information is divided into risk factors and also into population groups. Extensive links to other material.

The BBC Heart Disease Guide - Plenty of good information plus interactive quizzes on angina and heart failure make this resource easy to use.

National Cholesterol Education Program - US government site for cholesterol information. Site is divided into info for those with heart disease and those who want to avoid heart disease.

Cardiology & Heart Disease News Headlines - Updated news stories from the international media courtesy news4sites.com.

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This information is intended as reference and not as medical advice.
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