Heartplan: A Complete Program of Total Fitness of Heart and Mind - Hardcover

Copen, David L.; Rubinstein, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070542058 ISBN 13: 9780070542051

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Synopsis

Offers practical advice on maintaining a healthy heart, discusses stress, exercise, nutrition, and smoking, and includes practical advice on living with a heart condition

About this title

From Publishers Weekly

According to the authors, nearly 42 million people suffer from heart disease, "the plague of the 20th century," and their sensibly written, accessible and solid book deals with the physical and emotional requirements for good health. Copen, a cardiologist and professor at Yale Medical School, and Rubinstein, a psychiatrist (The Complete Book of Cosmetic Facial Surgery, combine skills to offer sound, step-by-step advice on ways to avoid or mitigate heart diseasehow to assess one's behavior and develop new priorities and goals, diffuse potentially tense circumstances, develop a healthful diet. The authors isolate Type A behavior, Sisyphus syndrome and emotional entrapment as "emotional land mines" that "often cause prolonged and potentially deadly responses." Included as well is information on exercise, living with a heart patient, enjoying a healthy sex life with heart disease and a frank discussion on heart surgery. Prevention Book Club selection.
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Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• ISBN 10: 0070542058
• ISBN 13: 9780070542051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 218