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Heart Disease Risk Questionnaire – from Washington University School of Medicine. An interactive questionnaire to help you assess your risk or your elderly loved one’s risk of heart disease. View Info… Heart Diseases – Prevention, MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Links to extensive information on heart disease prevention. View Info… Heart Health Online; Healthy Lifestyles, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Website dedicated to heart health, includes section on healthy lifestyles, including advice on diet, weight, exercise, quitting smoking, and minimizing stress. View Info… Your Guide to a Healthy Heart, A 95 page comprehensive guide to prevention of heart disease by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Includes discussion of the . . . → Read More: Your Guide to a Healthy Heart Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease for Women: A Special Case, by The World Health Organization. Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease for Women – A Special Case The Heart Truth for Women, A 6 page brochure on prevention of heart disease for women by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. View Info: The Heart . . . → Read More: The Heart Truth for Women The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women, A 127 page comprehensive guide to prevention of heart disease for women by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Discusses major . . . → Read More: The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women The Heart Truth for Latinas: An Action Plan, Factsheet on prevention of heart disease for Latinas, By the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The Heart Truth for . . . → Read More: The Heart Truth for Latinas: An Action Plan, Factsheet on prevention of heart disease for Latinas Facts About Menopausal Hormone Therapy (now known to increase risks of heart attack and stroke), A 24 page booklet by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Discusses . . . → Read More: Facts About Menopausal Hormone Therapy (now known to increase risks of heart attack and stroke) Cut Down on Fat – Not on Taste! Pamphlet in Spanish and English by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Learn about how to eat for heart health. Cut Down on Fat – Not on . . . → Read More: Cut Down on Fat – Not on Taste! Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Personal Choices and Actions, by the World Health Organization. Lists 5 personal choices in lifestyle and behavior and 7 personal actions for safeguarding cardiovascular health. View Info: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – Personal Choices and Actions When Delicious Meets Nutritious: Recipes For Heart Health, by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. View Info: When Delicious Meets Nutritious – Recipes For Heart Health Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart, A 52 page guide by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Read More: Your Guide to Physical Activity and . . . → Read More: Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart Keep The Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes From the National Hart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. 156 page recipe book of heart healthy recipes. Read More: Keep The Beat – . . . → Read More: Keep The Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC), An 85 page guide by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Read More: Your Guide to . . . → Read More: Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Protect Your Heart: Lower Your Blood Cholesterol, An 8 page brochure in both English and Spanish by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Read More: Protect Your . . . → Read More: Protect Your Heart: Lower Your Blood Cholesterol Learn Your Cholesterol Number, An 8 page pamphlet in both Spanish and English by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Read More: Learn Your Cholesteral Number (in . . . → Read More: Learn Your Cholesterol Number Veterans Pension Benefits: Aid and Attendance Housebound Benefits, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. This page summarizes veteran’s pension benefits, including an under-used benefit, called “Aid and Attendance.” This benefit may be available to your elderly loved one if . . . → Read More: Veterans Pension Benefits: Aid and Attendance Housebound Benefits The Veterans Aid & Attendance Special Pension, VeteranAid.org. An excellent website called VeteranAid.org, operated by a not for profit organization, dedicated to helping veterans and their families free of charge to educate themselves about and apply for the VA . . . → Read More: The Veterans Aid & Attendance Special Pension, VeteranAid.org Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Aid and Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Pension Benefits, Benefit Fact Sheet on the U.S. Army website, providing additional information on the VA Aid & Attendance Benefit. »View Details VA’s Aid and Attendance Benefit, Video of ABC News Special Report, posted on YouTube. As part of an ABC Series: Trading Places: Caring for Your Aging Parents, ABC Reported on the VA Aid and Attendance Benefit. This is a . . . → Read More: VA’s Aid and Attendance Benefit, Video of ABC News Special Report How To Apply for the Veterans Aid & Attendance Pension Benefit, by the National Care Planning Council, Long Term Care Link. An comprehensive book on how to apply for the VA Aid & Attendance Benefit, complete with copies of . . . → Read More: How To Apply for the Veterans Aid & Attendance Pension Benefit Nine things standing in the way of consumers purchasing long-term care insurance. Ignore this planning at your peril. Long-Term Care Insurance No Longer an Easy Sell – NYTimes.com. |
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