Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart for Life!: The Mayo Clinic Plan for Preventing and Conquering Heart Disease

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In The Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart for Life!, Mayo Clinic provides up-to-date, clinically proven information that addresses the key causes of heart disease and provides clear, actionable advice in an easy-to follow format, including:

• The three key actions you can taken in a quick-start plan to help you jump-start your way to heart health
• A heart-health assessment to help you create your own customized plan
• An easy-to-follow program designed for life-long heart health
• Tools to help you determine your risk for heart disease
• Information on how to recognize symptoms of heart disease-and what to do about them
• Background on cholesterol's role and info on how you can minimize the effects of bad cholesterol and enhance your levels of good cholesterol
• How to talk to your doctor about heart concerns and what to expect during a medical evaluation
• How heart disease symptoms can be different in women, and other special concerns for women
• How to raise heart-healthy children
• ...and more