heart diseases

"Three friends find themselves plunged into a world of quantum physics, a rare disease that only affects identical twins, and a mysterious fact about a real-life global catastrophe"--Provided by publisher.

The Encyclopedia of the Heart and Heart Disease, Second Edition examines the function of the heart and the cardiovascular system and the major diseases and disorders that impact their health. This revised book discusses how to recognize the signs and symptoms of heart disease and how heart disease is diagnosed and treated. The causes and factors that contribute to heart disease are explained as well as preventive measures and steps to live a heart-healthy lifestyle. Appendixes include a directory of organizations and resources and diagrams of the heart and cardiovascular system.

Explains seven additional lab tests involving possible heart disease, along with information on women's heart health, dietary, and lifestyle factors that can affect cardiovascular disease.

Provides patients with cardiovascular illness with a program designed to help them and their loved ones cope with the emotional and psychological side effects of the disease.

Presents a comprehensive guide to understanding heart disease and describes how the body works, the tests, treatments, and medications available, and steps on recovery and prevention.

A biography of a young man afflicted with a disabling heart disease who becomes a leading football player and eventually becomes a prominent doctor.

Presents a comprehensive study of the heart and heart disease and includes over nine hundred entries on topics such as cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, hypertension, stress, stroke, physical fitness, and rehabilitation.

The gang befriends the Fenwicks, missionaries to Costa Rica who are spending a month at Sugar Creek enjoying fishing and their motorboat, the Vida Eterna, while giving Mr. Fenwick's ailing heart a rest.