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Women's Healthy Heart Program Lifesaving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease

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ISBN-10: 0345492285

ISBN-13: 9780345492289

Edition: 2006

Authors: Nieca Goldberg

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WINNER OF THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD One out of every two women will die of heart disease. It is the single greatest health risk for women today–more than stroke and all cancers combined. In the course of her practice, and as chief of Women’s Cardiac Care at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital, Dr. Nieca Goldberg has come to a startling realization: Women experience heart disease in a fundamentally different way than men do. The physiology of a woman’s heart attack is not the same as a man’s, the symptoms of heart disease and signs of impending heart attack differ for women, and once heart disease has been recognized, women often do not get the treatment and medications they require.…    
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Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Nieca Goldberg, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine and the medical director of New York University’s Women’s Heart Program, the co-medical director of the 92nd Street Y’s Cardio Rehabilitation Program, and a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association’s “Go Red” campaign. She is the former chief of women’s cardiac care at Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Goldberg has appeared on many shows, including Today, The View, and Good Morning America, and her articles have appeared in many publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Fitness magazine. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American…