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NHLBI Resources
- Angina (Health Topics)
- Arrhythmia (Health Topics)
- Atherosclerosis (Health Topics)
- Cardiomyopathy (Health Topics)
- Cardiovascular Information for the Public
- Coronary Heart Disease (Health Topics)
- Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors (Health Topics)
- Heart Attack (Health Topics)
- Heart Disease in Women (Health Topics)
- Heart Failure (Health Topics)
- Keep the Beat™ Deliciously Healthy Eating
- Metabolic Syndrome (Health Topics)
- Physical Activity and Your Heart (Health Topics)
- Smoking and Your Heart (Health Topics)
- "The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women"
- The Heart Truth® for Women Campaign
- "Your Guide to a Healthy Heart"
- "Your Guide to Living Well With Heart Disease"
- "Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart"
Non-NHLBI Resources
- Diabetes (MedlinePlus)
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Clinical Trials
- Children and Clinical Studies
- Clinical Trials (Health Topics)
- Current Research (ClinicalTrials.gov)
- NHLBI Clinical Trials
- NIH Clinical Research Trials and You (National Institutes of Health)
- ResearchMatch (funded by the National Institutes of Health)
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Clinical trials are research studies that explore whether a medical strategy, treatment, or device is safe and effective for humans. To find clinical trials that are currently underway for Diabetic Heart Disease, visit www.clinicaltrials.gov.
March 12, 2013
Benefits of quitting smoking outpace risk of modest weight gain
The improvement in cardiovascular health that results from quitting smoking far outweighs the limited risks to cardiovascular health from the modest amount of weight gained after quitting, reports a National Institutes of Health-funded community study. The study found that former smokers without diabetes had about half as much risk of developing cardiovascular disease as current smokers, and this risk level did not change when post-cessation weight gain was accounted for in the analysis.
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