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Author Goldberg, Nieca.

Title Women are not small men : life-saving strategies for preventing and healing heart disease in women / Nieca Goldberg
Edition First edition
Published New York : Ballantine Books, 2002

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 MELB  616.120082 Gol/Wan  AVAILABLE
Description 453 pages
Contents Women's hearts are different -- Women's symptoms of heart attack -- Are you at risk? -- The hormone connection -- The truth about stress, emotions, and your heart -- Your guide to the symptoms and diagnoses of cardiovascular disease -- The women's health heart checkup -- Your commitment -- Your exercise prescription -- Your healthy heart eating plan -- Nonvitamin supplements and heart disease -- Your stress reduction program -- Your stop smoking program -- Medications that can save your life -- The heart attack survival guide -- Heart surgery and procedures -- The future of women and heart disease
Summary A guide to preventing and treating heart disease in women that provides information on how a woman's heart differs from a man's, the effects of menopause on the heart, how to avoid common risk factors, and other related topics
Notes First trade paperback ed.: February 2003
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Heart diseases in women -- Popular works.
Women's Health.
Heart Diseases -- prevention & control.
Heart Diseases -- therapy.
Cardiovascular Diseases -- prevention & control.
Cardiovascular Diseases -- therapy.
Diet Therapy.
Exercise Therapy.
Genre/Form Popular Work.
Popular works.
LC no. 2001049943
ISBN 0345440986 hardback