Heart Disease and Stroke Quick Guide

Can you recommend some good web sites for information on the heart and heart diseases?
- American Heart Association
  - www.americanheart.org
  - Includes Heart & Stroke Encyclopedia, sections on diseases and conditions, children�s health, healthy lifestyle, heart attack/stroke warning signs, and cpr/ecc.
- National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute
  - www.nhlbi.nih.gov
  - Part of the U.W. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.
  - Includes information on diseases and conditions, health assessment tools, tutorials and recipes.
- Familydoctor.org: Heart Disease & Stroke
  - familydoctor.org/x5022.xml
  - Produced by the American Academy of Family Physicians
Are there books about the heart and heart diseases in the Health Sciences Library?
- Braunwald's heart disease : a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. Eugene Braunwald, Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby, editors. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, c2005
  Health Reference Books WG210 B825 2005
- Current diagnosis & treatment in cardiology. Michael H. Crawford, editor. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, c2003
  Health Books WG 100 C9761 2003
- Hurst's the heart. Valentin Fuster, R. Wayne Alexander, and Robert A. O'Rourke, editors. New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, c2004.
  Health Reference Books WG 100 H9662
Are there additional resources which I might find useful?
- Heart Diseases from MedlinePlus
  - medlineplus.gov/heartdiseases.html
  - From the National Library of Medicine
  - Links to high-quality web sites covering many heart-related topics such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, and cardiovascular diseases.
- Healthfinder
  - www.healthfinder.gov
  - From the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
  - Links to quality consumer health information sources.
Are there general health web sites which might also be helpful?
- MedlinePlus
  - medlineplus.gov
  - From the National Library of Medicine
- Centers for Disease Control: A-Z Topics Index
  - www.cdc.gov/az.do
- MayoClinic.com
  - www.mayoclinic.com
- Merck Manual Home Edition
  - www.merck.com/mmhe
- Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

Can you recommend some good web sites for information on the heart and heart diseases?

Are there books about the heart and heart diseases in the Health Sciences Library?

Are there additional resources which I might find useful?

Are there general health web sites which might also be helpful?