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Halfway through her 35-year bout with atrial fibrillation, Rosalie Ungar, at 62, has a heart attack while giving a presentation on heart-healthy foods. Told from the perspective of the patient, In a Heartbeat traverses the ups and downs of living and thriving with an irregular heart rhythm. Determined to question, challenge, and negotiate doctors' orders, Rosalie navigates changes in technology, pharmacology, and physicians' recommendations with a sharp wit and a tenacity for self-education.

Shattered, How Everything Comes Together When It All Falls Apart chronicles the transformational journey of one mother, psychologist, and researcher who found the courage to truly live while grappling with the diagnosis of her child with a life-limiting congenital heart defect. Written as a memoir (with the backing of a lot of solid research), this book offers an intimate journey of a parent facing the unthinkable - the possibility of outliving their child.

At age 62, TV producer, writer, and brother of show business icon Billy Crystal, experiences chest pain while playing golf and learns he needs an aortal valve replacement. Without the highly innovative and challenging surgery, he would die. Facing his own mortality, Richard successfully undergoes the surgery. During his days and nights of recovery in the hospital, he revisits his past and a flood of memories rush in, allowing him to rediscover the dramatic events that shaped his life. He uses his life-affirming memories to accelerate the healing process.

You don't have to quit eating fats to lose weight. Have you already tried every known diet without seeing any results? Are you willing to lose weight and improve your health but don't want to quit eating some of your loved dishes? You've come to the right place. You'll still be able to enjoy food that actually tastes good and makes you happy.

Heart disease is the number-one cause of death in the United States - and the world. Every 40 seconds, one American dies from cardiovascular disease, which claims more lives than all forms of cancer combined. Yet most of us are only vaguely familiar with the amazing organ inside our chests that sends 2000 gallons of blood throughout our bodies every single day.

At the southernmost prefecture of Japan lives a population who treats centenarians as if they are ordinary beings and are not walking miracles. And why shouldn't they when they live in a place where aging past 80 or even a hundred years isn't a miracle but is an inevitability? People all over the world have been trying to find out a way to live as long. Their conclusions? Okinawans have been forced to feed on specific food types for the whole of their lives. Why? Because of how they live: isolated in the fertile Ryukyu Islands.

Heart Disease and Chest Radiography is a self-help guide that will guide you through the steps that your physician may take to diagnose and treat your heart disease properly. The book discusses what chest radiography may be used for and how it can assist your chosen physician by showing them your heart, lungs, and greater vessels. God bless!

This year more than 1 million Americans will have a heart attack or stroke, making heart disease the leading cause of death in men and women in this country. But thanks to his aggressive prevention approach to treating heart disease, renowned cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, creator of the...

This book is part of a three-book diet series where I take a research-based approach and explore the ins and outs of three popular diets. In my first book, I have talked about the ketogenic diet and my research, which validates that it's one of the best low carb diets to lose weight provided that you follow it carefully and with devotion. In this book, I discuss the Mediterranean diet, its benefits, and how it can help steer you towards a healthy lifestyle.

This year more than 1 million Americans will have a heart attack or stroke, making heart disease the leading cause of death in men and women in this country. But thanks to his aggressive prevention approach to treating heart disease, renowned cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, creator of the...

This lively and informative exploration of the heart offers a perfect mix of medical fact and amusing anecdote. A prospective cardiologist and former paramedic - as well as one of Germany's most successful science-slammers - von Borstel relates his own experiences to provide a personal insight into the human side of heart medicine while clearly explaining the science behind cardiac disease and healthcare for the heart.

It takes drive, persistence, and plenty of stamina to practice cardiology at the highest level. The competition for training fellowship spots is intense. Hundreds of applicants from all over the world compete to be accepted into the Cardiovascular Disease Training Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Only nine are chosen each year. This is the story of one of those fellows.

With millions of people afflicted with high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks, this informative book packs a lot of punch for those needing guidance on what to do next. Inside, you'll find a personal account is included of the author who has managed to control his high blood pressure through his doctor's advice and personal trial-and-error. This book is loaded with tips and advice that will help you find answers to lower your blood pressure and live a more fulfilling life!

High blood pressure is among the leading causes of heart attacks, stroke, and other diseases. Since high blood pressure doesn't bear many symptoms, a third of adults don't know if they have it. The only surefire way of determining whether you suffer from high blood pressure or not is to have your blood pressure measured on a regular basis.

Translated by Marion Wiesel A profoundly and unexpectedly intimate, deeply affecting summing up of his life so far, from one of the most cherished moral voices of our time. Eighty-two years old, facing emergency heart surgery and his own mortality, Elie Wiesel reflects back on his life. Emotions...

In the United States alone, 1 in every 5 deaths results from heart failure. Norman Cousins should know—a massive heart attack nearly killed him. Here is the dramatic account of that trauma, the events leading up to the attack, his intensive rehabilitation program, and his recovery. Cousins' experience is an inspirational case study in how to mobilize inner resources to overcome fear and panic.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his longtime cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, share the story of Cheney’s thirty-five-year battle with heart disease—providing insight into the incredible medical breakthroughs that have changed cardiac care over the last four decades. For as long as...

Discover the most doctor-recommended diet program...the DASH Diet! If you want to lower blood pressure, lose weight, increase energy, and improve overall health without sacrifice like all the other diets, the DASH Diet is for you! Bonus- 35 top DASH Diet recipes included!

Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have discovered the Mediterranean Diet and experienced new levels of energy, weight loss, and becoming more immune to various diseases. Have you ever struggled to lose weight because you couldn't stick to a "diet", or you're tired of lacking energy all the time, or simply want to get rid of all the processed foods in your diet and don't know how to go about it....

At one time heart disease was a death sentence. By the middle of the 20th century, it was killing millions, and, as with the Black Death centuries before, physicians stood helpless. Visionaries, though, had begun to make strides earlier. On September 7, 1895, Ludwig Rehn successfully sutured the heart of a living man with a knife wound to the chest for the first time.