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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Jack, born with a frozen heart, is abandoned by his mother to Dr. Madeleine, a witch doctor and midwife, who saves his life by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest, and while she warns him his heart is too fragile for strong emotions, at the age of ten Jack risks it all for love.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A memoir in which the heart surgeon Kathy Magliato talks about her compassionate adaptation to her demanding and physically intense work and discusses the often unrecognized symptoms of cardiovascular disease and heart attacks, and the pertinent preventative measures that can be taken.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From a leading internal medicine doctor on the front lines of cardiac research, comes a heart disease program designed exclusively for a woman's body, targeting the number one killer of women"--
Heart disease remains the number one killer of women, outpacing breast cancer, diabetes, and stroke, with one in four women receiving a diagnosis in her lifetime. And the problem is only getting worse. Dr. Mark Menolascino has been on the front lines of...
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"The definitive guide to heart health from two of America's most respected doctors at Cleveland Clinic, the #1 hospital for heart health in America. Are you one of the eighty-two million Americans currently diagnosed with cardiovascular disease--or one of the millions more who_think they are healthy but are at risk?_Whether your goal is to get the best treatment or stay out of the cardiologist's office, your heart's health depends upon accurate information...
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
No one wants to hear that they have heart disease, but each year over a million people in the US are diagnosed. Whyte shares crucial and straightforward information that will help you on a journey to better health. He helps you assess your level of risk, learn the role food, exercise and mental health play, and understand the role between stress and heart health. You have the power to reduce your heart disease risk-- and Whyte will show you just how...
13) Sick girl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The hardcover publication of "Sick Girl" garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. Both inspiring and provocative, reactions to the book ranged from inflammatory posts on a US News & World Report blog, to hundreds of letters from readers, to a full-page review in "People". Amy's force, candor, and her refusal to be the thankful patient from whom we expect undiluted gratitude for the medical treatments that...
14) The heart
Author
Publisher
Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Just before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. Returning home, exhausted, the driver lets the car drift off the road into a tree. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts; one is sent through the windshield. He is declared brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. His heart is still beating. The Heart takes place over the twenty-four hours surrounding a fatal accident and a resulting heart transplant as life is taken from...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live, Super Immunity, The End of Diabetes, and The End of Dieting presents a scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse heart disease, the leading cause of death in America--coinciding with the author's new medical study revealing headline-making findings.Dr. Joel Fuhrman, one of the country's leading experts on preventative medicine, offers his science-backed nutritional plan that...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cardiovascular disease is the #1 killer of Americans today, and while most doctors focus on lowering cholesterol and blood pressure they are overlooking the real culprit: glucose levels. With today's overweight population adn dramatic increase in Type II Diabetes, studies now show that sugar, not fat, does most of the heart damage. Plague reducing statins used to lower high cholesterol treat some symptoms but not the cause of most heart disease --...
Author
Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In America, we have some of the best doctors and hospitals worldwide. Despite this, there are more than 800,000 deaths in the United States each year due to cardiovascular disease, namely heart attack and stroke. The good news is that we now have the ability to prevent heart disease with healthy lifestyle choices and medications when needed. There needs to be a paradigm shift in our medical approach-we need to become proactive and prevent heart disease...
20) Alive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
After finally receiving a heart transplant, seventeen-year-old Stella throws herself into her new life, but her recovery is marred with strange side effects and hallucinations, and when she meets Levi Zin, a mysterious new boy at her Seattle prep school, Stella soon realizes that she and Levi have more in common than she could ever imagine.
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