How Can You Prevent Heart Disease?
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Educating yourself about the risk factors for heart disease is the first step in preventing it. Whether you need to make lifestyle changes or be aware of hereditary traits that predispose you to the disease, arm yourself with information to take charge of your heart health.
Get Some Spring in Your Step for a Healthier Heart—Find out More
Spring is the perfect time to begin an exercise routine through walking to help your heart health.
Learn How to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease through Lifestyle Changes—Find out MoreAt the top of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list of primary risk factors for all chronic diseases are: smoking, poor nutrition, and sedentary lifestyle.
You Can Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease—Here’s How
As the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S., it’s fair to think of heart disease as our #1 health enemy. But if you’re not sure about the most common risk factors for heart disease, you’re missing an important chance to take control of your heart health—and your future.
top Heart Disease Before It Starts—Your 6-Step Lifestyle Plan
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans—and the #1 health threat we all face. But the good news is that heart disease doesn’t have to be part of your future. In fact, research shows that Americans can lower their risk of heart disease by as much as 82 percent just by leading a heart- healthy lifestyle.
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What About Risk and Prevention?
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- Are You At Risk For Heart Disease? Take our quiz.
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- Debunking Heart Attack Myths
- Get Some Spring in Your Step for a Healthier Heart
- How Can You Prevent Heart Disease?
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- Revised Aspirin Therapy Guidelines
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- Your Risk for Heart Disease Is Real
- Your State of Mind Could Lead to Heart Disease
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What Makes Women Different?
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- Heart Attacks Strike Women, Too: Life-Saving Facts to Know
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- Low Potassium Levels Linked To Increased Long-Term Mortality In Heart Failure Patients
- New Guidelines For Heart Disease Prevention In Women
- Race Alone Not a Factor in Heart Failure
- Unusual Fatigue May Be Sign of Heart Attack in Women
- Vessel Blockage in Women Differs from Men
- What Makes Women Different - Know Your Risk Factors
- Women Face Challenges In Controlling Hypertension
- Women With Chest Pain Gain Insight With New Test
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- Overview of Obesity
- Obesity Treatment Overview
- Medical Treatment for Obesity
- Maintaining Weight Loss
- Preventing Obesity
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Deadly Heart Attacks Need Quick Treatment
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Heart Answers
- Are You a Caregiver for Someone with Heart Disease?
- Are You At Risk For Heart Disease?
- Birmingham Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group
- Coping with life after a heart attack
- Coping with Your Emotions After a Cardiac Event
- Get a Second Opinion
- Get Some Spring in Your Step for a Healthier Heart
- Heart and Vascular Support Groups and Classes
- Heart Health Stories
- Learn How to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
- New Guidelines For Heart Disease Prevention In Women
- UAB Heart, Lung and Liver Transplant Support Group
- Unusual Fatigue May Be Sign of Heart Attack in Women
- Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Support Group
- Vessel Blockage in Women Differs from Men
- What About Risk and Prevention?
- What Makes Women Different?
- You Can Live Well With Heart Failure
- Have You Been Diagnosed with Heart Disease?
- Your Risk for Heart Disease Is Real
- Heart Attacks Strike Women, Too: Life-Saving Facts to Know
- Three Risks for Heart Disease You Cannnot Change
- Three Surprising Links to Heart Disease
- Your State of Mind Could Lead to Heart Disease
- Stop Heart Disease Before It Starts: Your 6-Step Lifestyle Plan
- You Can Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease
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- Know These Five Heart Attack Signs
- Take Charge of Your Heart
- Aspirin Can Help Women's Hearts, But Be Cautious
- Women With Chest Pain Gain Insight With New Test
- Women Face Challenges In Controlling Hypertension
- Supporting a Loved One with Heart Failure
- You Can Thrive as a Caregiver
- Depression Can Hurt Your Loved One's Heart
- What's New at UAB
- Robotically-Assisted Heart Surgery Reduces Healing Time, Scarring
- Arrhythmia
- Cardiac Arrhythmias - Hope and Help through Advanced Treatment at UAB
- Most Frequent Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Therapies for Atrial Fibrillation
- Coronary Artery Disease/Heart Attack
- Heart Failure
- UAB's Vein Program
- Heart Failure and Diabetes Risk in Women
- Low Potassium Levels Linked To Increased Long-Term Mortality In Heart Failure Patients
- Race Alone Not a Factor in Heart Failure
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Vein Program Treats Full Range of Venous Conditions
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