Heart Attack & Stroke

Heart Attack & STroke Basics

This section explains heart attack and stroke basics in lay terms.

Drug Information

Understand the medications doctors prescribe to reduce your risk of heart diesase or preventing a heart attack.

after a Cardiac Event

This section will give you confidence by telling you what to expect after you’ve had a heart attack or stroke.

• Heart Attack Symptoms
• Check Your Symptoms
• 8 Major Heartbreakers

• Avandia Alert
• A Closer Look at Statins
• Women & Aspirin

• Cardiac Rehab Diet Makeover
• Sex After a Heart Attack
• Cardiac Rehab Q&A

Heart Attack & Stroke Q&A

Get answers to the most frequently asked questions about heart attack and stroke.

Risk Factors

Check your risk for having a heart attack or stroke, then use the expert tips to reduce your risk.

Blood Pressure

Learn how to lower blood pressure through diet, exercise, and medication.

• Top 20 Heart Questions
• Snoring & Heart Attack Risk
• Aspirin & Stroke Prevention

• Help Quitting Smoking
• Anger & Heart Attack
• Congenital Heart Disease

• High Blood Pressure 101
• Video: Cardiac Yoga
• Low-Sodium Recipes

Cholesterol

Use this section to learn how to lower your cholesterol.

Tips from Real people

Get usable tips and inspiration from these stories of men and women.

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• Tips to Lower Your Cholesterol
• Low-Cholesterol Recipes
• Low-Fat Recipes

• Heart Attack at Age 42
• The Role of a Lifetime
• Heart Attack? Me?