Basic information on cardiovascular disease risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 715,000 Americans suffer a heart attack and 600,000 people die of heart disease in the U.S. every year. Yet careful attention to diet, exercise, and control of diabetes, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and weight can often prevent cardiovascular disease. Further, treatment advances have reduced the disabling health consequences when cardiovascular disease does occur.
The Cardiovascular Disorders Sourcebook, 6th Edition, provides information about the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the heart and blood vessels. Cardiovascular concerns specific to men, women, children, and minority populations are also discussed.
The Health Reference Series For over 25 years, librarians have trusted the Health Reference Series to answer their patrons health questions as they navigate the increasingly noisy, and often unreliable, landscape of medical information.
The Health Reference Series provides basic medical information for patients, families, caregivers, and the general public. Each volume takes a particular topic and provides comprehensive coverage. This is especially important for people who may be dealing with a newly diagnosed disease or a chronic disorder in themselves or in a family member. People looking for preventive guidance, information about disease warning signs, medical statistics, and risk factors for health problems will also find answers to their questions in this series.
About the Publisher The Omnigraphics mission has been to provide authoritative and engaging reference resources to libraries and schools. Spanning the areas of biography, history, health, culture, and ready reference, the Omnigraphics products have been consistently recognized for demonstrating the same uncompromising quality throughout the years.
The abundance of information can seem overwhelming, but the book does an excellent job of organizing it into eight parts which describe the major disorders of the heart and blood vessels, targeted populations, diagnoses, treatments, and prevention.
Further, the chapters addressing specific populations are extremely helpful in noting how the effects of CD vary among children, men, women, minority populations, and others.
This sixth edition conveys timely information in regards to treatment, diagnosis, and disorder classifications relative to the rapid advancements in medical research. Recommended.
--
American Reference Books Annual, 2017
