In this informative book, Robert E. Kowalski offers a complete program to battle America's #1 medical problem, heart disease. "The most comprehensive informational discussion of heart disease ever assembled".--Joseph M. Keenan, M.D., University of Minnesota, Department of Family Practice.
Robert E. Kowalski is a heart attack and bypass veteran. In this pep-talk detailing his own recovery, he also provides a comprehensive, step-by-step program for improving cardiovascular health.
His positive approach and optimistic outlook for heart patients and former patients is evident throughout. And he also doesn't overlook the fact that heart disease is an equal-opportunity malady, noting that although it's the number one killer of women, it still has not been studied thoroughly in this group.
Kowalski also chronicles how one woman--former First Lady Betty Ford--courageously coped with both heart disease and bypass surgery.
Readers will find the basics here: how patients should return to work, continue a normal sex life and deal with stress. There are also detailed chapters on how to improve one's mental attitude after a heart attack or surgery; stopping smoking; proper diet and exercise; the medications most frequently prescribed for heart patients; and charts comparing the drugs and their side effects.
Robert E. Kowalski has written exclusively about health and medical matters for the past 25 years. He has 2 degrees in science journalism and has done graduate studies in physiology. He lives with his family in Southern California, USA.
Paperback: 417 pages
Book Type: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Margaret Gee Publishing (1992)
ISBN-10: 1875574093
