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If you haven’t quite found what you are looking for on Hearthighway.org, these links and resources may be helpful to you:
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Helpful Handouts |
The Facts About High Blood Pressure
How to Take a Blood Pressure
How to Take a Blood Pressure (Spanish)
A Guide to Cholesterol
Other Factors to Consider When Taking a Blood Pressure
Other Factors to Consider When Taking a Blood Pressure (Spanish) |
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American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is one of the leading nonprofit health agencies. The site provides more information on heart conditions, research, and how you can join the cause. |
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Utah Healthnet
For health professionals and those who want to delve a bit deeper into health education, several of Utah’s health experts have collaborated to create an A-Z health resource Web site. |
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Senior Health
This site was designed with older adults in mind, highlighting the health topics most likely to interest them. It also features tips on exercise for older adults and taking medication. |
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Obesity
The obesity epidemic is making a dramatic impact on the health of adults and children across the nation. Find out how Utah compares with the nation. Discover why overweight and obesity are such a great health risk and what you can do to change it. |
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Diabetes
Get the basics on diabetes along with facts and figures outlining the problem nationally and in Utah. Find out what Utahns can do to control their diabetes. |
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Smoking
Want to find out what's going on with state smoking laws? This site is Utah's ultimate resource for smoking facts, tips on quitting for youth and adults, and the best links and resources for smokers and concerned non-smokers alike. |
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Family Health History Toolkit
The Family Health History Toolkit provides tips that help families talk about, write down, and share their family health history with their doctor and family members.
Family Health History Toolkit
Health Family Tree
Family Health History Toolkit - Seniors
Family Health History Toolkit - Spanish |
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KUED Channel 7 TV Series
THE MYSTERIOUS HUMAN HEART
Three episodes to view online-
1. Endlessly Beating - examines the heart as a muscle and tells the story of the normal heart through the histories of three people with end-stage heart failure, where a pump may be a temporary remedy, but in the long term, a transplant is almost always necessary.
2. The Spark of Life, looks at the physiological electrical mechanisms that keep a heart beating regularly and efficiently - and what happens when this most essential rhythm of life goes awry. The program takes viewers from New York to Brazil and into the lives of patients who suffer similar symptoms that actually signal different disorders. The range of treatment options - if not cures - is startling.
3. The Silent Killer, focuses on atherosclerosis, the silent blockage of the coronary arteries, which can trigger a devastating and possibly fatal heart attack. The key is to recognize the risk factors that feed the disease and to control them before it's too late. This program follows two patients through potentially life-saving interventions, but ultimately, the challenge is learning to live with a disease for which there is no cure.
Visit PBS to view these episodes online. |
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 English/Spanish Booklets on Heart Health
These booklets are easy-to-read and present the facts and myths of heart disease and stroke in side-by-side English and Spanish formats. Go to
www.nhlbi.nih.gov to view the booklets. |
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