Heart Healthy Tips

This monthly column addresses your concerns about improving your health and preventing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. These columns are available in a printable format for use in medical clinics, public health programs or individual interest. You can also write in to suggest topics to be addressed at prevention@cpcmed.org

Nutrition and Supplements

Did you know...

One small change could improve your health dramatically? (Impact of Reducing Salt Intake)
Many studies support the power of fish oil?
Red yeast rice can help lower cholesterol?
Five foods can lower your cholesterol?
People who keep a food diary may lose more pounds?
Many beliefs abut coffee are untrue?
The top 3 diets all produce similar results?
Low fat dairy products may benefit women more than calcium supplements?

What do you know about...

Vitamin D deficiency?

Exercise

Did you know...

Exercise could be a fountain of youth?

Medicines & Medical Procedures

Did you know...

Three well-known medications can prevent heart attack and stroke in high risk patients?
Angiograms are not always accurate predictors of heart disease in women?
Treating some persons with "normal" cholesterol levels may prevent heart disease?
Coronary Calcium Scans are not for everyone?

Quitting Smoking

Did you know...smoking bans save lives?
How much do you know...about smoking?

Other Heart Healthy Tips

Did you know...

Happiness protects your heart?
Lifestyle changes can lower high blood pressure?
Volunteering at school could improve your health?
Some resolutions are more effective than others?
Elevated triglyceride levels can increase your risk?
Five healthy behaviors can help you live longer?
It may be lifesaving to treat depression after a stroke?
You can prevent high blood pressure?