Your Heart, Treat It Like You Love It is the only comprehensive layman’s book about almost any problem of the heart and blood vessels—with emphasis on prevention.

You’ve heard that heart disease is the number one killer in America today. You can now be proactive in caring for your heart and not become one of the statistics.

Most diseases of the heart and blood vessels are silent right up to the time of a major event. Learn about early detection and follow-up.

There is a 15 minute $200 test you can take without a doctor’s order to help determine the current condition of your heart.

Your lifestyle at age 30 will affect the quality of your life at age 60. Learn how to stay heart-healthy but still enjoy your life.

Prevention! Otherwise, it’s pills and a life of heart problems and treatments later.

America currently is 27th in healthfulness in terms of longevity—but is a strong first in health care dollars spent. We must prevent cardiovascular disease, not just treat it after it has destroyed your life.

The worst food we can eat is one containing trans-fats. They get into your arteries and the walls of your cells and never go away. Learn how to avoid them.

Viagra works. Learn precautions and what to do if problems occur.

If you have high blood pressure, taking your own pressure every day is the best way to check that your pressure is controlled. Don’t have a stroke because your blood pressure is only checked every three months at the doctor's office.

High blood pressure can often be managed naturally, without medication. At the very least, you can frequently trim your medicine list for this common malady.

Did you know that you can actually reverse adult-onset diabetes? You can!

Learn the causes of chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath and when to get help.

Your teeth and gum health directly affect your coronary artery health!

There is very effective therapy for elevated cholesterol—and it also reduces the potential for inflammation, the setup for a heart attack or stroke. It is also underutilized. Learn who should be treated—and to what levels.

Five million Americans have congestive heart failure. Learn how to monitor your status on a daily basis—just like diabetics do—and avoid hospitalizations and unnecessary scares.

We typically retain less than 20% of technical information about ourselves in the doctor’s office. This book will help you take your diagnosis, study it, and learn how it can be monitored and treated.

Depression can drive you straight to a heart attack and makes your chances of a full recovery less likely. Learn about this coronary risk and get it treated.

Over one million Americans have atrial fibrillation. Learn your options, including new therapies.

Metabolic Syndrome (central obesity, abnormal lipids, insulin-resistant diabetes, and other features) affects as many as 25% of adult Americans. Learn how to control this shortcut to a heart attack or stroke.

Most people have no clue how to handle cardiac emergencies in the home. This book gives a detailed, understandable primer on how to recognize and manage them.

There is an extensive chapter on the unique problems women face with regard to detection and treatment of coronary artery disease, the hormone replacement controversy, and changes that develop quickly as you approach menopause.

This book explains less common manifestations of arteriosclerosis—such as blockage of the arteries supplying the kidneys, brain, gut or legs.

A tiny hole in the tissue separating the upper chambers of the heart can fail to close completely after birth and can result in a stroke decades later. It may even be a factor in some individuals with migraine. Learn about the Patent Foramen Ovale. We’re all born with one! Has yours closed?

Be more comfortable with your heart or blood vessel problem—through knowledge!

Long distance travel can lead to blood clots in the leg veins—especially if you have a family history of it. Learn how to avoid them.

Learn how your son or daughter should be evaluated prior to aggressive sports—especially if you have a family history of sudden death.

The ingestion of fatty fish a couple of times a week will decrease your chances of developing a heart attack or stroke. There are others—learn about them for a healthier life.

Should you take fish oil capsules?

There is no good reason to die of silent and undetected narrowing in the heart arteries. Just because it happened to your parents doesn’t mean it needs to happen to you.

One of the biggest factors in causing obesity is the use of high fructose corn syrup! It is everywhere and will make you fat.

The major causes of most heart disease—diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, and inactivity—can all be effectively treated! We must develop educational changes to turn around the number one killer of men and women over age 25.

If one of your parents died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, are you at higher risk?

If you are interested in decreasing the chances you and your family will develop heart or blood vessel disease, you need this book in your home.