Campaign Materials

The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women

TO LEARN MORE

To find out more about preventing and controlling heart disease, contact the following information sources:

NHLBI Health Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
Phone: 301-592-8573
TTY: 240-629-3255
Fax: 301-592-8563

Provides information on the prevention and treatment of heart disease and offers publications on heart disease and heart health.

Also, check out these NHLBI heart health Web sites and Web pages:

• NHLBI Web site: www.nhlbi.nih.gov
  
  
• Diseases and Conditions A-Z Index: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/index.html
  
  
• The Heart Truth: A National Awareness Campaign for Women About Heart Disease:www.hearttruth.gov
  
  
• NHLBI "Your Guide To Better Health" Series:
  http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/yourguide
  
  • "Your Guide to a Healthy Heart"
  • "Your Guide to Living Well With Heart Disease"
  • "Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH"
  • "Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With TLC"
  • "Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart"
  • "Your Guide to Healthy Sleep"
    
    
• "Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes from the NHLBI":
  www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/ktb_recipebk

Interactive Web Pages

• Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure:
  www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/index.html
  
  
• Live Healthier, Live Longer (on lowering elevated blood cholesterol):
  www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd
  
  
• High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need To Know:
  www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/chol/hbc_what.htm
  
  
• Aim for a Healthy Weight:
  www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/index.htm
  
  
• Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs:
  www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/index.htm
  
  
• We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition):
  wecan.nhlbi.nih.gov
  
  
• Stay in Circulation: Take Steps to Learn About P.A.D.:
  www.aboutpad.org
  
  

Additional Resources

• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse:
  http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov
  
  
• Help for Quitting Smoking:
  www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco
  
  
• American Heart Association:
  www.americanheart.org
  
  
• Heart Healthy Women:
  www.hearthealthywomen.org
  
  
• National Women's Health Information Center, Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
  www.womenshealth.gov
  
  
• WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease:
  www.womenheart.org
  
  
• For still more information on heart health, see MedlinePlus:
  http://medlineplus.gov/
  
  

DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED: Under provisions of applicable public laws enacted by Congress since 1964, no person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, handicap, or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity (or, on the basis of sex, with respect to any education program and activity) receiving Federal financial assistance. In addition, Executive Order 11141 prohibits discrimination on the basis of age by contractors and subcontractors in the performance of Federal contacts, and Executive Order 11246 states that no federally funded contractor may discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Therefore, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute must be operated in compliance with these laws and Executive Orders.

Written by: Marian Sandmaier

NIH Publication No. 07-2720
Originally printed 1987
Previously revised 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005
Revised March 2007

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Last Updated: February 29, 2012