Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Diseases & Conditions - Heart

""Hypertension is an important member of the quartet of risk factors for cardiovascular disease--the other three are elevated cholesterol levels, diabetes, and cigarette smoking. Robert Kowalski endeavors to bring all these risk factors under control without resorting to medications. This book presents simple answers to the questions that arise when people take charge of their own health in partnership...

This series of self-help guides contain natural, safe and effective treatments for a wide range of health problems.

High blood pressure - hypertension - is one of the most common and serious of all health conditons.

This accessible self-help guide clearly explains the background and causes of high blood pressure and describes ways to restore health and stablilize blood pressure. It includes: - self-help treatment such as fasting, diet, exercise, breathing and relaxation. - how lifestyle and behaviour affect blood pressure and what you can do about it.

THE HEALTH SERIES...

Dr. Dean Ornish is the first clinician to offer documented proof that heart disease can be halted, or even reversed, simply by changing your lifestyle. Based on his internationally acclaimed scientific study, which has now been ongoing for years, Dr. Ornish's program has yielded amazing results. Participants reduced or discontinued medications; their chest pain diminished or disappeared; they felt more energetic, happy, and calm; they lost weight while...

This book tries to raise awareness about some controllable risk factors that contribute to the on-set or escalation of these diseases.

There are some recognizable symptoms that are warning signs and should make one consult a doctor for further tests and...

Coronary heart disease kills more people in the United States than any other heart disorder, and it is the leading cause of death among American women. Jerome E. Granato, a distinguished cardiologist with more than twenty-five years of experience, has created an authoritative and accessible guide to this common condition, providing patients and their families with insight and advice.

Dr. Granato begins by describing the basic science of the disease, known also as atherosclerosis, in which arteries become clogged and damaged. He then explains who is at risk and how the disease is...