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Lifestyle Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Stroke

Aim for a Healthy Weight - Opens in a new window "Aim for a Healthy Weight" will provide you with a new approach for the measurement of overweight and obesity and a set of steps for safe and effective weight loss.





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Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure - Opens in a new window

"Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure" is for people who are interested in learning more about preventing and controlling high blood pressure. Based on National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute clinical guidelines and research studies, it provides up-to-date practical information on high blood pressure.



High Blood Cholesterol Back to top

Heart Attacks Back to top

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, designed "Heart Attack Signs" as part of a campaign to increase awareness of the need to act fast when someone may be having a heart attack. Fast action can save lives and limit damage to the heart.

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