The New Science Of Fighting Silent Heart Disease

Author : Harold L. Karpman,
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538136562
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Science of Fighting Silent Heart Disease written by Harold L. Karpman, and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On average, 50% of all heart attacks are silent – that is, they are painless and leave behind damage that remains undetected – unless the patient and his or her doctor are looking for it. Silent heart disease is a significant cause of sudden death – American’s number one public health problem with more than 600,000 sudden deaths and 1.5 million heart attacks occurring in the U.S. each year. This book tells you everything you need to know in the order to detect and treat this silent killer. Written by a celebrated cardiologist who has successfully treated thousands of patients in his career spanning 50 years, it offers practical advice for all readers and provides insight into a type of asymptomatic cardiac condition that affects almost half of all those afflicted with heart disease.

Author : Peter F. Cohn
Publisher : A K Peters/CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568810218
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting the Silent Killer written by Peter F. Cohn and published by A K Peters/CRC Press. This book was released on 1993-11-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americaís number-one killer, heart disease, can exist in the absence of symptoms. Called ìsilent heart disease,î its first manifestations can be catastrophic. This no-nonsense guide now addresses this and other new issues in a clear, non-technical way and examines old concerns from a fresh perspective. The text moves easily from the role of smoking, stress, diet, and exercise in heart health to the methodology of detection, prevention, and treatment of the disease. Included is everything on the subject from psychology and history to exercise and dinner menus. The book is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay heart-healthy.

Author : Harold L. Karpman
Publisher : Crown Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780517573006
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing Silent Heart Disease written by Harold L. Karpman and published by Crown Pub. This book was released on 1989 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies risk factors for SMI, or Silent Myocardial Ischemia, describes how it is diagnosed, and offers advice on preventative measures

Author : Harold Karpman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing Silent Heart Disease written by Harold Karpman and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Terry Kirsten Strom
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074321899X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Syndrome X written by Terry Kirsten Strom and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of Americans follow the "best" medical advice every day to prevent heart attacks -- eating the standard low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet so widely recommended by doctors -- but in fact they are placing themselves at greater risk for heart disease. In Syndrome X: Overcoming the Silent Killer That Can Give You a Heart Attack, Dr. Gerald Reaven, the world-renowned physician who identified and named this silent killer, explains why the standard heart-healthy diet can be dangerous and lays out a simple six-step program to reduce the risk of heart disease for everyone. The problem stems from a little-known cluster of metabolic abnormalities known as Syndrome X. The insulin resistance that lies at the heart of the syndrome can turn normal rules of good health upside down and dramatically increase the risk of heart disease. Fortunately, Syndrome X can be cured. This important book explains how to identify the disorder and provides a program of diet and exercise (plus medication when necessary) that can render Syndrome X harmless. Tested in carefully controlled research settings and in practice, this remarkable new approach has the ability to reduce the risk of heart attacks and heart disease for all of us. Dr. Reaven shows how eating a diet relatively high in "good" fats (40 percent of calories) can dramatically lower the risk of heart disease if you have Syndrome X. The approach seems paradoxical: Everyone "knows" that fat is bad, so how can more fat possibly lead to better health? The answer lies in the type of fat and the body chemistry of the people who consume it. If you have the abnormal metabolism called Syndrome X, eating a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet to lower your LDL and blood fats won't protect you. In fact, doing so will increase the odds of heart disease. Millions of Americans have the potentially deadly, yet easily identifiable signs of Syndrome X -- but few cases are detected in time, because most physicians don't know what to look for. This trailblazing book will change that, making doctors and patients aware of the problem -- and its easy solution, an integrated program of diet and exercise that simultaneously reduces all the risk factors for heart disease, including Syndrome X. Dr. Reaven's discovery of Syndrome X has shown us that the standard approach to preventing heart disease is dangerous for many of us. Now, his safe, proven new approach explains how millions can drastically reduce their risk of heart disease. His program works not only for those who have Syndrome X, but also for anyone who simply wants to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Author : Michael Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945558740
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silent Killers written by Michael Morris and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How well do you know heart disease? Perhaps you know someone who's suffered a heart attack or have heard of what a pacemaker does. Perhaps you know that heart disease is one of the leading killers of both men and women not only in America, but also in the world. But perhaps you have not considered yourself as someone who might suffer or has already begun to suffer the early signs of heart disease, which begs the question: How well do you know your heart? In Silent Killers: What You Need to Know About Your Heart, cardiologist and author Dr. Michael T. Morris uses his experience and expertise in cardiac and vascular complications to bring you an accessible, straight-forward, and much needed guide to truly understanding and taking care of your heart. His stance is simple: Why treat what you can prevent? By breaking down anatomical and diagnostic concepts in layman's terms, he readies readers about many of the risks and warning signs that, without recognition, may become silent killers. In addition, he provides tips and information on how to make more informed and healthier daily choices that protects the heart and, most importantly, your life.

Author : Harold L. Karpman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780517091982
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing Silent Heart Disease written by Harold L. Karpman and published by . This book was released on 1992-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Haider Warraich
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250169712
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State of the Heart written by Haider Warraich and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In State of the Heart, Dr. Haider Warraich takes readers inside the ER, inside patients' rooms, and inside the history and science of cardiac disease. State of the Heart traces the entire arc of the heart, from the very first time it was depicted on stone tablets, to a future in which it may very well become redundant. While heart disease has been around for a while, the type of heart disease people have, why they have it, and how it’s treated is changing. Yet, the golden age of heart science is only just beginning. And with treatments of heart disease altering the very definitions of human life and death, there is no better time to look at the present and future of heart disease, the doctors and nurses who treat it, the patients and caregivers who live with it, and the stories they hold close to their chests. More people die of heart disease than any other disease in the world and when any form of heart disease progresses, it can result in the development of heart failure. Heart failure affects millions and can affect anyone at anytime, a child recovering from a viral infection, a woman who has just given birth or a cancer patient receiving chemotherapy. Yet new technology to treat heart failure is fundamentally changing just what it means to be human. Mechanical pumps can be surgically sown into patients’ hearts and when patients with these pumps get really sick, sometimes they don’t need a doctor or a surgeon—they need a mechanic. In State of the Heart, the journey to rid the world of heart disease is shown to be reflective of the journey of medical science at large. We are learning not only that women have as much heart disease as men, but that the type of heart disease women experience is diametrically different from that in men. We are learning that heart disease and cancer may have more in common than we could have imagined. And we are learning how human evolution itself may have led to the epidemic of heart disease. In understanding how our knowledge of the heart evolved, State of the Heart traces the twisting and turning road that science has taken—filled with potholes and blind turns—all the way back to its very origin.

Author : Sian E. Harding
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262047144
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Exquisite Machine written by Sian E. Harding and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How science is opening up the mysteries of the heart, revealing the poetry in motion within the machine. Your heart is a miracle in motion, a marvel of construction unsurpassed by any human-made creation. It beats 100,000 times every day—if you were to live to 100, that would be more than 3 billion beats across your lifespan. Despite decades of effort in labs all over the world, we have not yet been able to replicate the heart’s perfect engineering. But, as Sian Harding shows us in The Exquisite Machine, new scientific developments are opening up the mysteries of the heart. And this explosion of new science—ultrafast imaging, gene editing, stem cells, artificial intelligence, and advanced sub-light microscopy—has crucial, real-world consequences for health and well-being. Harding—a world leader in cardiac research—explores the relation between the emotions and heart function, reporting that the heart not only responds to our emotions, it creates them as well. The condition known as Broken Heart Syndrome, for example, is a real disorder than can follow bereavement or stress. The Exquisite Machine describes the evolutionary forces that have shaped the heart’s response to damage, the astonishing rejuvenating power of stem cells, how we can avoid heart disease, and why it can be so hard to repair a damaged heart. It tells the stories of patients who have had the devastating experiences of a heart attack, chaotic heart rhythms, or stress-induced acute heart failure. And it describes how cutting-edge technologies are enabling experiments and clinical trials that will lead us to new solutions to the worldwide scourge of heart disease.

Author : Peter Salgo, M.D.
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062133659
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heart of the Matter written by Peter Salgo, M.D. and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the head of the Open Heart ICU at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital––an incredibly persuasive and revolutionary approach for lowering the risks of heart disease –– this plan links high cholesterol and Chlamydia as risk factors and lays out a program to combat both. We are on the cusp of an enormous breakthrough in preventing heart attacks – forever. We are in the same place we were just before penicillin revolutionized the treatment of infectious disease, before fluoride eradicated tooth decay, and just before the polio vaccine brought that disease under control in this country. In The Heart of the Matter, Dr. Peter Salgo, the associate director of the Open Heart ICU at New York Presbyterian Hospital, offers a simple formula to treat people before they get sick, which in turn will prevent heart attacks before they occur. For the first time in history, we know what really causes heart attack. And that knowledge has led Dr. Salgo to this amazingly simple and straightforward program that will save millions of lives. Dr. Salgo recommends using statins, antibiotics, and aspirin to prevent coronary heart disease. This groundbreaking book also offers a self–test that readers can take to assess their own personal risk for heart disease. The Heart of the Matter is the beginning of a change in the treatment of heart disease. It introduces a preventative program that includes traditional diet and exercise guidelines as well as a blanket recommendation that adults, even many young adults, incorporate medicines into the on–going pursuit for health and longevity – something that, until now, seemed impossible to many. Now, without using a lot of indecipherable medical jargon, this invaluable new guide will show you exactly how to attain that longer, healthier life that so many people wish for.