The Expert Guide to Beating Heart Disease - What You Absolutely Must Know

Zusatztext ...crammed with valuable information on key strategies that researchers have found work best to beat this No. 1 killer. Informationen zum Autor Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., is a professor of cardiology, epidemiology, and public health at the Yale University School of Medicine and director of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. Author of more than 250 journal articles, Dr. Krumholz serves on numerous cardiovascular care committees for national organizations, including the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. Klappentext What Do the Best-Trained Doctors Do to Beat Heart Disease? In today's avalanche of medical information, how can you distinguish between proven evidence and unfounded claims? This is the first book to translate key medical data into clear guidelines capturing the highest treatment standards for heart disease. Renowned cardiovascular expert Dr. Harlan Krumholz presents seven strategies for reducing cardiac risk—what professionals agree really works. In this indispensable handbook, he also profiles care alternatives from supplements to stress reduction as well as treatments on the horizon. A "Tools for Success" section helps you track blood pressure, cholesterol, exercise, and weight. Zusammenfassung What Do the Best-Trained Doctors Do to Beat Heart Disease? In today's avalanche of medical information! how can you distinguish between proven evidence and unfounded claims? This is the first book to translate key medical data into clear guidelines capturing the highest treatment standards for heart disease. Renowned cardiovascular expert Dr. Harlan Krumholz presents seven strategies for reducing cardiac risk—what professionals agree really works. In this indispensable handbook! he also profiles care alternatives from supplements to stress reduction as well as treatments on the horizon. A "Tools for Success" section helps you track blood pressure! cholesterol! exercise! and weight. ...

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• Autori: Harlan M Krumholz, Harlan M. Krumholz
• Editore: William Morrow
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.02.2005
• EAN: 9780060578343
• ISBN: 978-0-06-057834-3
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Salute; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Musculoskeletal medicine, Medical profession, Reference works, Gastroenterology, Diets and dieting, nutrition, Respiratory medicine, Cardiovascular medicine, Family and health, Clinical and internal medicine, Infectious and contagious diseases, Hereditary diseases and disorders, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Happiness, HEALTH & FITNESS: Healthy Living, MEDICAL: Healing, HEALTH & FITNESS: Healing, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diseases / Heart, MEDICAL: Physicians, MEDICAL: Cardiology, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diseases & Conditions / Musculoskeletal, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diseases & Conditions / Respiratory, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diseases & Conditions / Genetic