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    Your Angiogram: What to Expect from This Heart Test

    If your doctor is concerned about your heart, you might be referred for an angiogram. Knowing what to expect before, during, and after the test can help minimize stress. Get heart-smart about angiography.

    Click here to learn more.

    If the Kitchen is the Heart of a Home, the Fridge is a Major Artery

    Keep junk and gunk out of the fridge.

    Try these tips for stocking a heart-healthy fridge.

    Beginners' Steps to Moving More

    Want to exercise but don't know where to start?

    Click here and try these 3 tips to help you get moving without changing your whole life. Every step counts!

    Energy Drinks & the Heart:
    Do You Know the Risks?

    Energy drinks have come under scrutiny for possible serious health effects, including heart rhythm problems, increased blood pressure, and even cardiac arrest.

    Click here to learn more about energy drinks and the heart.

    9 Ways to Help Your Kids Enjoy (Yes, Enjoy!) Healthy Foods and Physical Activity

    Since children don't eat or exercise the same way adults do, the approach you take to modify your kids' diet and exercise will be different too.

    Click here to learn how to get started and keep at it.

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  • Understand Women's Cardiovascular Health

    You likely know by now that more women than men die from heart disease each year. If so, you are a step ahead of many women. According to the American Heart Association, only 1 in 5 women believe that heart disease is their greatest health threat. Now more than ever, with obesity and diabetes on the rise in this country, it's time to take notice. Make sure that you know the warning signs of a heart attack and stroke, that you control the risks you can, that you get the tests and treatment that you need, and, if you want, that you participate in clinical trials about women or that include women. Learn more about these and other issues that affect women’s cardiovascular health right here, at SecondsCount.

    What Is It?

    • Myths About Women and Heart Disease

    • The Gender Gap in Cardiovascular Disease

    • Women & Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

    • Women & Stroke

    • Women and Coronary Microvascular Disease

    What Causes It?

    • Preventing Heart & Vascular Disease in Women

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    • Heart Attack Warning Signs in Women

    • Preeclampsia & Your Heart: An Early Warning Sign for Cardiovascular Disease

    • Women & Heart Disease: Know the Risks, Know the Symptoms

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    Diagnosis of Heart and Vascular Disease in Women

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    Risk Factor Modification and Lifestyle Changes for Women Concerned About Heart Disease

    Treatment of Heart and Vascular Disease in Women

  • Women Living with Cardiovascular Disease

    Medical Safety: Side Effects & Interactions

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    Risk Factor Modification & Lifestyle Changes for Women

    Wear It Well: The Ins and Outs of Compression Stockings

    Women & Smoking

  • Tools to Help You

    How to Pick an Exercise Class That Is Right For You

    Find Your Waistline to Help Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

    Meditation & Your Heart: Stress-Buster May Reduce Risk for Heart Attack & Stroke

    Menopause & Heart Disease: Managing Your Risk After “The Change of Life”

    Pregnancy and Your Heart

    Prevention of Heart and Vascular Disease in Women

    Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Coronary Microvascular Disease

    SecondsCount PAD Check: Are You at Risk? Quiz

    Women & Cardiovascular Disease: Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Your Heart Health

    Women’s Heart Health Challenge: Jump-Start Your Cardiovascular Risk Modification Plan

  • Personal Stories

    Betty Brummet - Achieving a High Quality of Life at Any Age

    Brandy Albracht - Minimally Invasive Procedure Reduces Migraines and Restores Quality of Life

    Jan’s Heart Attack Was Not a Typical TV Heart Attack

    Kathy - Heart Patient Seeks Help Despite Confusing Symptoms

    Lauren Gray - Born “Blue” But Now Living a Healthy, Colorful Life

    Melissa Didn’t Think a Heart Attack Could Happen to Her

    Peggy’s Story Is Proof That Women’s Heart Attack Symptoms Often Differ from Men’s

    Ruth Garrett - Angina Took Her Off the Dance Floor
    Stent Procedure Puts the Spring Back in Her Step

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