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• Tips for Heart Health
  • Blood Pressure and Diet
  • Cholesterol and Diet
  • Exercise and the Heart
  • Know Your Family History
  • Healthy Eating for Heart Health
  • Ladies: Ten Tips to a Healthier Heart
  • High Cholesterol: Who is at Risk?
  • Tips for Eating Out
  • Tips for Reducing Stress
  • Transfats: What's all the Fuss?
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor
• 5 Steps to Heart Health Video
• The Heart of a Woman

Tips for Heart Health

Up-to-Date Information for Optimum Heart Health

Blood pressure. Cholesterol. Bad cholesterol vs. good cholesterol. How much exercise should I be getting? How many different kinds of fats are there and which ones are good for me? Which foods contain those good fats?

We are bombarded with these questions everyday on television, the radio and the Internet. The surgeons at Cardiac Surgery want to make it easy for you to get the most up-to-date information you need for optimum heart health.

• Blood Pressure and Diet
  
• Cholesterol and Diet
  
• Exercise and the Heart
  
• Know Your Family History
  
• Healthy Eating for Heart Health
  
• Ladies: Ten Tips to a Healthier Heart
  
• High Cholesterol: Who is at risk?
  
• Tips for Eating Out
  
• Tips for Reducing Stress
  
• Transfats: What's all the fuss?