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American Heart Association
This is an informative site that is dedicated to improving awareness and providing solutions to heart disease within the female population. Some of the information the site provides includes facts, risks and lifestyle changes to decrease the risks, health risks awareness quiz, warning signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke, and Hormone Replacement Therapy and Estrogen Replacement Therapy. The site also offers practical advice on how to manage everyday life to reduce risk of heart disease as well as personal stories and photos of women who chose to do so.
Ask Noah About: Heart Disease & Stroke
This site provides an in-depth compilation of topics related to heart disease. The site provides information on what heart disease and stroke is, care and treatment, news, and support group information. The site addresses the anatomy, physiology, and etiology of heart disease, diagnostic test information, prevention, surgery and much more. Some of the heart diseases this site discusses include angina, arrhythmias, atherosclerosis, bacterial endocarditis, myocardial infarction, and much more.
Facts about Heart Disease and Women
This is a helpful page which discusses heart disease in relation to women. This web page discusses risk factors (smoking, increased blood pressure, increased cholesterol, obesity, lack of exercise, and diabetes), kinds of activities that promote heart health, keys to success, benefits of regular physical activity, and tips on how to become more active. There are also interactive tools such as a list of activities and the amount of calorie expenditure, age target heart rate zone, and a sample walking plan (exercise progression program).
Health and Wellness
This page offers basic information women need to know in order to prevent heart disease. Some of the topics covered include: What you should know about Heart Disease, What is Heart Disease, Lifestyle Choices, Heart Disease in Women vs. Men, and discussion of risk factors such as Family History, Race, Cholesterol, Diet etc. This page also offers a heart risk quiz which evaluates your lifestyle choices and offers suggestions for improvement.
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
This Canadian site offers the following discussions in relation to women and heart disease and stroke: Women’s Heart Health News (What’s the most serious threat to women, Why is heart disease and stroke such a threat), Heart Disease and Stroke in Canadian Women: A Discussion Document, Women’s Attitudes toward health concerns an heart disease, Women still not aware of heart disease threat. This site also features Heart Healthy Kids which gives helpful tips for raising smoke free children, riddles, and games to help children learn about heart disease and stroke. Some of the general topics this site addresses are: Food for Heart (cook books, food guide, recipe of the month), Statistics provincially speaking, and latest national research.
Heart Information Network
This page provides information about the differences between men and women in relation to signs and symptoms of heart disease. It also provides links to issues women are concerned with related to heart disease such as latest news, determining risks, and reducing risks. The page also provides links to research published and available on-line related to women and heart disease. Some of these issues include high blood pressure and pregnancy, young women and heart disease, and sex differences in heart attack deaths.
Karen Yontz Coronary Heart Disease Site (Support Site)
This site was written in memory of Karen Yontz who died of Coronary Artery Disease. It is a non-profit organization which aims to educate and increase public awareness of this epidemic. Some of the features this site provides include heart disease information such as facts, nutritional tips, perceived vs. actual health threats, signs & symptoms, and treatment options. The site also deals with issues related to women such as heart disease and pregnancy. The site also provides surveys such as health risk assessment, heart risk reduction, stress test and much more. There is a telephone number and e-mail address provided to contact the Webmaster.
The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women
This educational site is an excellent resource for women. It provides practical easy to understand information geared toward the needs of women using graphs, tables, progress outlines, and other tools. The information is based on Guidelines established by American Heart Association. Some of the areas this site addresses include: Cardiovascular Disease, Risk Factors, Prevention Strategies, Research (new focus on women), Healthy Eating, Resources and much more.
The Heart: An Online Exploration
This is an excellent educational site that describes many aspects of heart health and disease. Some of the topics this site addresses include heart development and structure, blood flow through vessels and the different body systems, healthy heart (diet, exercise and substance abuse), monitoring your heart’s health, history of heart science and much more. This site provides videos and interactive quizzes, auditory wavs and many other tools to help explain etiology of heart disease. The heart gallery section provides information such as how to have a healthy heart, how exercise helps your heart (as well as suggestions on the different types of exercises), heart disease information (test, procedures, diagnosis), diabetes, rheumatic heart disease, prevention, and much more.
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