Women's Health Hot Line

USEFUL LINKS

For Your Heart (www.womenshealth.gov/ForYourHeart)

For Your Heart is a simple, interactive Web site that provides women with personalized information and tips on preventing heart disease. Following a brief survey, each woman receives stories on exercise, nutrition, weight loss, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, menopause, and stroke. These stories are tailored specifically to each woman's race/ethnicity, age, and heart disease risk factors.

 

Heart Healthy Women (www.hearthealthywomen.org)

Heart Healthy Women is the online source for the most up-to-date information on diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women. The website features separate educational sections for women with heart disease and their healthcare providers. Information offered includes:

1) the most important signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease in women;

2) the accuracy of diagnostic tests for women; and

3) the safety and effectiveness of treatments and surgical procedures that are appropriate for women.