Free books download

Links and Resources

1. Heart Health - Cholesterol, Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Attack information
2. familydoctor.org
3. MedlinePlus
Other MedlinePlus resources:
• Coronary Disease
• Angina
• Heart Attack
• Angina: Interactive Tutorial
• Heart Attack: Interactive Tutorial
4. NHLBI - Heart attack
   Other NHLBI resources:
   • Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs
   • Angina (Diseases and Conditions Index)
   • Coronary Angioplasty (Diseases and Conditions Index)
   • Coronary Artery Disease (Diseases and Conditions Index)
   • Metabolic Syndrome (Diseases and Conditions Index)
   • Overweight and Obesity (Diseases and Conditions Index)
   • Cardiovascular Information for the Public
   • Overweight and Obesity Resources
   • "Your Guide to a Healthy Heart"
   • "Your Guide to Living Well With Heart Disease"

Heart Organizations

USA

• American Heart Association
  7272 Greenville Avenue
  Dallas, TX 75231
  1-800-242-8721
• Heart Truth
  P.O. Box 30105
  Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
  301-592-8573 email address
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  301-496-4236
• Revolution Health Heart Health Community

United Kingdom

• Arrhythmia Alliance
  Promotes better understanding, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for people with cardiac arrhythmia.
  Helpline: 01789 450787
  Email: info@arrythmiaalliance.org.uk
  Website: www.arrhythmiaalliance.org.uk
• ASH (Action on Smoking and Health)
  Campaigns to tackle the problem of smoking and smoking-related diseases, and provides information on quitting or cutting down.
  Tel: 020 8739 5902
  Email: enquiries@ash.org.uk
  Website: www.ash.org.uk
• British Heart Foundation
  Comprehensive website describing the links between heart disease and smoking, alcohol, physical exercise, diet, stress and high blood pressure.
  Helpline: 08450 708070
  Email: internet@bhf.org.uk
  Website: www.bhf.org.uk
• Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
  Emphasises what can be done to help young people diagnosed with a cardiac condition, and provides advice and support for families.
  Tel: 01737 363222
  Email: cry@c-r-y.org.uk
  Website: www.c-r-y.org.uk
• H.E.A.R.T. UK
  Organisation committed to preventing premature deaths caused by high cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases.
  Helpline: 0845 450 5988
  Email: ask@heartuk.org.uk
  Website: www.heartuk.org.uk
• Heart Health
  Department of Health-sponsored site that provides easy-to-use information relating to heart health aimed at young people.
  Email: g.higginbottom@sheffield.ac.uk
  Website: www.shef.ac.uk

Updated: January, 27 2010 08:43:12

2896 Visits | Print text green | Send to a friend |

Also, you might be interested in:

• Heart attack podcasts
• Statistics
• Sitemap
• RSS feed