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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!

Just as millions of people have successfully adopted Dr. Agatston's South Beach Diet, now millions can lead longer and healthier lives thanks to his South Beach Heart Program. In his most passionate audiobook yet, Dr. Agatston champions a revolution in cardiac care that will empower people to save their own lives.

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.

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. The world's tireless ambassador of tolerance and justice has given us this luminous account of hope and despair, an exploration of the love, regrets, and abiding faith of a remarkable man.

For as long as he has served at the highest levels of business and government, Vice President Dick Cheney has also been one of the world’s most prominent heart patients. Now, for the first time ever, Cheney, together with his longtime cardiologist, Jonathan Reiner, MD, shares the very personal story of his courageous thirty-five-year battle with heart disease, from his first heart attack in 1978 to the heart transplant he received in 2012.

An autobiographical and inspirational record about one of the rarest and most abnormal heart conditions. This book describes my true story of the struggles and processes I used to survive this ferocious syndrome.

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.

Within the chapters of this book, I address the types of heart conditions or cardiac effects that thyroid diseases can have on those who experience them. I also discuss the treatments in general, that are administered to correct or to help control these potentially serious problems. It is my sincere hope that this resource helps to provide a worthy general educational resource for its listeners.

Im Ruhezustand schlägt das Herz etwa siebzig Mal in der Minute, in einer durchschnittlichen Lebenszeit knapp drei Milliarden Mal. Ohne diesen faustgroßen Muskel könnten wir nicht überleben. Als Mediziner ist Johannes von Borstel fasziniert von der Kraft und den Fähigkeiten des Herzens. Denn unser Herz-Kreislauf-System, seine Entwicklung, seine Funktionen und Fehlfunktionen verdienen unsere ganze Aufmerksamkeit.

The Long Cutie follows our favorite little girl, "Savvy", who continues exploring her world as only a three-year-old can, as viewed through the eyes of her father. But get this: It alternates between chapters about Savvy and chapters that tell the stories of other real life people who have Long QT Syndrome, a potentially life threatening heart condition. It's one chapter about Savvy, then a chapter about a different Long QT person, alternating back and forth through the audiobook.

This book, written by Yuchi Yang, a registered dietitian for over 20 years, will provide you with six simple steps to lowering your blood pressure. Each step starts with some facts and ends with a tool that you can use to track your progress. In addition, this book provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

Der "Herold Innere Medizin" ist DAS Standardwerk der Inneren Medizin. Alles zum Thema KARDIOLOGIE ist jetzt auch als Hörbuch verfügbar. Informieren Sie sich ganz einfach über Erkrankungen des Endokards, Vitien, Herzinsuffizienz, koronare Herzerkrankung und Herzrhythmusstörungen. Egal, ob Sie im Zug, im Auto oder im Fitnessstudio sind, mit dem Hörbuch "Herold Innere Medizin 2015: Kardiologie" können Sie jederzeit ganz bequem nebenher lernen oder sich weiterbilden.