An+Action+Plan+for+a+Healthy+Heart

=An Action Plan for a Healthy Heart= Learn about the heart' and general cardiovascular system's importance and how to keep it healthy through this fun and interactive site! [|InVision Guide to a Healthy Heart]

Apparently NY Governor Patterson has a plan to keep childrens' hearts healthy [|His Plan - An Obesity Tax]

Thinking of promoting statin use? Think again [|Statins Make You Stupid?]

__How to Keep Your Heart Healthy__ [|FDA article on maintaining a healthy heart]

Article on how eating more dark chocolate can help to keep the heart healthy, something I'm sure very few people will complain about doing :) http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE497AJL20081008

Five key points to maintaining a healthy heart [|A Heart-healthy Lifestyle]

Menopausal Hormone Therapy for women to keep a healthy heart http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/material/factsheet_actionplan.pdf

A complete medical checkup is a sensible first step, especially if you have multiple risk factors. Your doctor or other health professional can tell if you have cardiovascular disease or its risk factors, and if so, work out a practical treatment plan. Even if you don't have any risk factors now, you can discuss ways to lessen your chances of developing them. Be sure to have regular blood tests done that include lipid panels. It is important to know your cholestrol and LDL levels so that your doctor and you can develop the most apt treatment, either by just changing your lifestyle, such as eating or exercise habits, or if the levels are drastically high, then being prescribed medications, most probably statins (cholestrol-lowering drugs). Good communication with your health professional is very important. Choose someone you trust who will listen to your questions, answer them fully, and take your concerns seriously. (See "You and Your Doctor".) But while advice from a health professional is important, the final responsibility for heart health lies with each person. Only you can make the kinds of lifestyle changes--changes in eating, drinking, smoking, and physical activity--that will help protect against, or control, cardiovascular diseases. There are ten main risk factors for heart disease, out of which the majority are changeable. These 7 are smoking, hypertension, cholestrol levels, diabetes, obesity, lack of exercise, and stress, therefore giving a good chance for a healthy heart despite the other three factors-gender, age, and heredity. Remember, even if you have heart disease, you can help your heart become stronger and healthier.