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How Stuff Works - Carl Bianco M.D. provides a 6-part graphical in-depth look at heart disease, heart attacks and angina. Topics include atherosclerosis, hypertension, cholesterol, smoking, obesity, diabetes mellitus and stress.
Information from Your Family Doctor - Talks about heart attacks, what it is, warning signs and tips on prevention.
University of Michigan Health System - Discussion about heart attacks, how they occur, symptoms, recovery, and risk factors.
India Mart Health Care - Self care guide, symptoms, signs, prevention, hypertension heart attacks, silent myocardial infarction and diagnosis.
Health A to Z - Pertinent information regarding heart attacks, from signs to how they are treated. Learn what tests are performed and what they indicate.
Dencats Forums - A brief explanation of heart attacks plus links to articles with information.
Exposure to secondhand smoke increases heart attacks - Summary of a Johns Hopkins study. 32,000 women were tracked over 10 years. Those exposed to secondhand smoke were 91% more likely to have a heart attack.
ETS exposure increases heart attack risk - ETS may be responsible for as many as 40,000 heart attacks a year. 13 of 14 recent epidemiological studies have shown an increased risk for coronary heart disease.
Emergencies Health Guide - Guide to heart attacks, choking, seizures, and strokes providing there causes, what to do, and prevention.
Why Cigarettes Can be a Woman's Worst Enemy - Smoking increases your risk of cervical and rectal cancer; worsens your period; damages your fertility; hurts your unborn baby; ages you; attacks your heart.
Exposure to secondhand smoke increases heart attacks - Summary of a John Hopkins study. Study concludes that of 32,000 women who were tracked for a period of 10 years, those that were exposed to secondhand smoke are 91% more likely to have a heart attack.
CNN Reports: Tea May Reduce Risk Of Death After Heart Attack - Describes results of a study showing health benefits of drinking green tea.
How Stuff Works: Diagnosis of Heart Disease - A medical doctor provides an in-depth look at the diagnosis of heart disease, heart attacks and angina, including X-rays and stress tests.
Aspirin: A New Look at an Old Drug - Some history but details of how aspirin works and some future prospects for aspirin including prevention of heart attacks.
Seek Wellness - Provides information about heart attacks, cholesterol, and heart disease in women.
Onhealth with WebMD - A look at the symptoms, diagnostic tests, prevention of CAD followed by a discussion on heart attacks.
Take Heart - Doctors are discouraging you from running out and loading up with antibiotics, but new research shows that two specific types of antibiotics -- tetracyclines and quinolones -- appear to be effective in lowering the risk of heart disease. Boston University researchers say that's logical, since both drugs are potent against Chlamydia pneumoniae, the germ suspected of causing heart disease. Still, this is no magic bullet, and doctors say that the best way to prevent heart attacks is to quit smoking, get your blood pressure down, eat right, and exercise. [Wired News]
Aspirin Pillpack - Gift of life keychains for heart attacks
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