| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Perspectives on diseases & disorders |
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Perspectives on diseases and disorders.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1: Understanding Heart Disease -- 1: America's leading killer / World of Health -- 2: Heart disease hits women harder / Roni Rabin -- 3: Even young athletes are vulnerable to heart attacks / Clinton Colmenares -- 4: Mammography may prove useful in detecting heart disease / Jonathan R. Adkins... [et al.] -- 5: Fish oil shows promise in preventing heart disease / Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Denny Watkins, and Katy Gagnon -- 6: Lifestyle changes can help head off a heart attack / Lynnell Nixon-Knight -- 2: Controversies About Heart Disease -- 1: Body fat is a threat to the heart / Mary Desaulniers -- 2: Body fat is not a threat to the heart / Natalie Angier -- 3: Prayer may help in healing / Duke Medical Center News -- 4: Prayer appears unhelpful in healing / William Saletan -- 5: Driving cholesterol ever lower with drugs is safe / Harvard Men's Health Watch -- 6: Driving cholesterol ever lower with drugs is unsafe / Andrew Moore... [et al.] -- 3: Personal Experiences Of Heart Disease -- 1: More than you wanted to know about my heart attack / Helen Smith -- 2: Unforgettable anniversary / John Kelly -- 3: Leaving the office / Judi Herring -- 4: Second attack changes everything / Peter Kilfoyle, interviewed by Anushka Asthana -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Organizations to contact -- For further reading -- Index. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher's Website: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (including symptoms, causes, treatments and cures); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues; and offers first-person narratives from people coping with the disease-either as patients, family members or caregivers. Essays are carefully edited and introduced to make them easily accessible to student researchers as well as general readers. By focusing on the controversies surrounding diseases and disorders, this series supports debate assignments and helps develop critical thinking skills, and also helps patients and family members learn about and deal with a disease or disorder. Each volume includes numerous color photos, charts, graphs and tables as well as a glossary of key terms, a chronology of developments relating to the disease or disorder, a bibliography to assist with further research, a list of organizations to contact and an index. |
| Subject |
Heart -- Diseases -- Popular works.
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| Added Author |
Naff, Clay Farris.
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| ISBN |
9780737740264 hardcover |
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0737740264 hardcover |
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