The Best Websites to Learn About Heart Health

February is American Heart Month so I have complied a guide to the top 5 online resources for heart health. These great websites can help you get on the right track in keeping your heart healthy or to learn about heart problems you or a loved one may already have.

1. The American Heart Association website www.americanheart.org/

The American Heart Association website is a perfect place to start to learn how to get heart healthy. You will find nutritional tips to help you adapt a more heart healthy diet. Exercise information to help strengthen your heart. There is a great information for parents on childhood obesity and heart defects. Advice on how to quit smoking. Also, information on high blood pressure, Cholesterol, heart attack and stroke.

2. WebMd has a great section devoted specifically to heart health www.webmd.com/heart/

You will find a wealth of information on all aspects of heart health. You will find a easy to read guide on blood pressure. Learning the correct foods to buy for heart health. Cholesterol information and all medicine commonly used to treat it. Stress tips to help your overall health and to lower your blood pressure. WebMd also gives you a good guide on when it is necessary to call your doctor.

3. FDA Heart Health online www.fda.gov/hearthealth/

This website makes it easy to find information on most heart conditions as well as tests that may be used to detect them. If you would like to know more about your heart medication you will find it here. You will also find your risk factor for developing heart disease. If you or a loved one gets diagnosed with Cardiovascular Disease you will find the answers to common question on the website. Information is also available on angina, heart attack, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease.

4. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm

Here you will find information on getting your kids to eat heart healthy food, Information on heart and vascular diseases. You can also use a online heart attack risk calculator that predicts heart attacks up to 10 years in advance. You will also find good information on peripheral arterial disease and heart healthy recipes.

5. Discovery Health: Heart Health website http://health.discovery.com/centers/heart/heart.html

On the Discovery site you can learn all about keeping your heart healthy. You will also learn how to better track your blood pressure and Cholesterol. Heart attack symptoms and treatment plans. If you need to have a Angioplasty you can learn about the procedure, benefits and possible risks. If you have Coronary heart disease you can learn steps to help you stay healthier and possible prevent an early death.

I hope these websites help you learn how to keep your heart healthy all year round and during National Heart month.

Sources

www.americanheart.org/

www.webmd.com/heart/

www.fda.gov/hearthealth/

http://health.discovery.com/centers/heart/heart.html

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm