Tim O’Brien
Publisher, The Johns Hopkins White Papers
Dear Concerned Health Alerts Reader,
If you’re like most people over age 50, having a heart attack is probably one of your major health concerns—and understandably so. Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in Americans. As a result, you might think that heart attacks are an inevitable part of growing older. But there’s nothing inevitable about them at all.
In fact, heart attacks are highly preventable. Regardless of your gender or age, you can dramatically reduce your chances of having a heart attack by incorporating into your everyday life the information you'll find in the 2010 edition of The Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper.
The death rate from heart attacks has been declining steadily for many years, in large part because people are receiving better medical care. Yet too many men and women are not taking the steps that could help protect them.
It's easier than you think. But you'd be amazed how many people ignore the #1 tool for preventing a heart attack:
Timely, accurate advice about WHAT WORKS.
Simply put, you need to learn everything you can about what slows the progress of cardiovascular disease. And then do everything that's known to modern medicine to reduce your heart attack risk factors.
Clearly, saving your heart starts with the facts. When you are serious about preventing a heart attack, knowledge can give you some of the best protection available.
But who's going to tell you what you need to know?
Where can you turn to learn as much as possible about your condition so you are a truly well-informed health consumer?
You could try the library or the internet. But how will you know what's current. . . what's accurate. . .what's even safe?
Sure, you could talk to a friend or relative with a similar condition. But while social support is important, the choices you make should be based on solid, state-of-the-art scientific research.
You can consult your own physician. Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if doctors had all the time required to give patients the in-depth education we all want and need?
Because your heart health can't wait, and your ability to avoid a heart attack rests on the actions you take today— not in a year or five years—the experts at world-renowned Johns Hopkins Medicine created the White Papers.
The new 2010 version is ready for you now as an instant PDF digital download, so you can start taking charge of your health.
As soon as you download The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper, you will learn:
- The main heart attack risk factors, and what you can do to combat them.
- The signs and symptoms of a heart attack--and what to do at once to save your life and minimize the permanent damage a heart attack can cause.
- How heart attack symptoms are DIFFERENT in women than in men--knowing these critical differences could literally be a matter of life and death.
- The medications and procedures that can help keep a heart attack out of your future.
New information you don't have to be a doctor to find out!
The Johns Hopkins White Papers give a whole new meaning to the phrase, "informed consumer." Armed with the latest research and clinical advice from the world's leading cardiologists, hundreds of thousands of Americans now rely on Johns Hopkins expertise to help them manage a serious medical condition.
The medical experts at Johns Hopkins created the White Papers to explore specific health conditions in depth. The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper gives you the expertise you need, in the layperson's language you can understand and apply.
It's all about YOU. Learn what causes a heart attack. The state-of-the-art treatments for YOUR heart attack risk factors, from high blood pressure to high cholesterol.
You'll even be able to measure your own risk of having a heart attack in the next ten years, based on the health condition you're in right now.
What really triggers a heart attack?
What you need to know sooner rather than later.
See who's most likely to have a heart attack. The most common risk factors, and how to minimize them. The importance of primary prevention if you haven't been diagnosed yet with coronary heart disease (CHD) or suffered a heart attack.
- Discover the changes that take place in the coronary arteries leading up to a heart attack.
- Learn what happens during a heart attack, and how the steps you take during the first hour can affect survival.
- Find out why a yearly flu shot can protect your heart. You'll learn about the importance of taming inflammation.
- Learn what your waist measurement can reveal about the health of your heart.
But this is only the beginning. Learn about the standard screening tests, and the newer, potentially better alternatives being developed.
How to tell if you are being thoroughly
screened
for coronary heart disease.
Healthy folks with no symptoms of coronary heart disease like chest pain or shortness of breath can probably get away with an annual physical and a lipid profile (blood test for cholesterol and triglycerides) once every five years. But the fact that you're reading this suggests that you or someone you love has more than one or two risk factors.
- Will testing for C-reactive protein (a simple blood test) tell you anything that can help lower your risk?
- What should you know about the PLAC test, used to measure an enzyme associated with increased risk of heart disease?
- What happens during an exercise stress test, and how does it differ from a nuclear medicine stress test? What's your risk of having a heart attack during these tests?
- What drug mimics the effects of exercise, useful when a patient is unable to do a treadmill test?
- Is it worthwhile to have a coronary calcium scan?
- Does CT angiography detect heart problems as well as traditional angiography?
Explore new technologies that are now available to assess the health of your coronary arteries. See how the tests are done and how they compare to traditional methods of predicting future heart attacks.
You will feel far better prepared to have an intelligent conversation with your doctor about the issues that concern you most.
How great is your risk?
A close look at the factors that set the stage for heart attack
Simply, clearly, and accurately, the specialists at Johns Hopkins explain the major risk factors that lead to heart attack.
You will take a close look at the different types of lipids. Understand cholesterol's role in your body . . . the difference between "good" HDL and "bad" LDL cholesterol . . . why reducing cholesterol levels can help prevent coronary heart disease and heart attacks . . . how triglycerides differ from the other lipids.
You will see how inflammation and C-reactive protein are associated with risk of heart disease and heart attack. Examine the role of blood clots and coronary artery spasms in triggering heart attacks.
You will learn which risk factors (like age and family history) can't be changed, although knowing about them can motivate you to take the preventive steps that can LOWER your risk of heart attack.
More important, you will learn which risk factors are within your control. You'll be able to set clear, practical goals for yourself with guidance from Johns Hopkins specialists. And what to do if you have risk factors like high blood pressure, abdominal obesity, or the metabolic syndrome working against you.
Learn the 9 MOST IMPORTANT STEPS After a Heart Attack --
Steps That Could SAVE YOUR LIFE.
A special feature in The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper details essential care you should receive while in the hospital, including medications and tests your doctors should perform.
Let me assure you, there is no more powerful motivator to get your cholesterol, your blood pressure, and your weight under control than the threat of undergoing a heart attack sometime in the future.
Are you living with someone who's in denial about his or her cardiovascular risk factors? Use this heart attack "Reality Check" on someone who smokes or doesn't get any exercise, and watch what happens.
This is just one of many reasons to order your own copy of The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper and start putting it to good use right away.
Direct to you from America's #1 rated hospital.
For 20 consecutive years, the Johns Hopkins hospital has topped the Honor Roll in U.S. News and World Report's rankings of America's Best Hospitals. Hopkins continues to lead the nation in the medical specialties that affect so many adults.
Since 1889, Johns Hopkins researchers have advanced the development of science and medicine, quickly transferring new knowledge from the research laboratory to the patient's bedside. The School of Medicine is the largest recipient of biomedical research funds from the National Institutes of Health, and in 2003, Peter Agre, M.D., won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
The White Papers give Johns Hopkins an effective, affordable way to extend new knowledge to the widest possible audience, benefiting countless men and women with serious medical concerns.
When it comes to the health of your heart, you should insist on knowing where your information comes from. Check the credentials of the experts who advise you before you decide whether they are worthy of your trust.
This White Paper draws on the vast resources and experience of Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease. The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper gives Johns Hopkins specialists a forum to explore the combination of lifestyle adjustments and medical therapies that can slow the progression of heart disease and decrease your risk of heart attack or stroke.
Prepared by two of the most respected experts in the field.
You can trust what you read in The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper. Coauthor Roger S. Blumenthal, M.D., is professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the director of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease. His interests include the development of new strategies to manage coronary heart disease risk factors and the noninvasive detection of coronary atherosclerosis.
Coauthor Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D., is professor of medicine and biological chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the medical editor of The Johns Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50.
Their impeccable credentials and reputations ensure that what you read is responsible, practical, and useful in your quest for a healthier heart.
You can also be sure that it reflects the latest scientific research and clinical findings.
The expertise you need, in clear, plain English
you can understand and use every day
The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper brings you the latest news you can use. It's designed with YOU in mind, the busy person who has no time, money, or energy to waste on old or inaccurate information, or heart attack "prevention strategies" that are really just myths or hype.
Drug-free steps to take RIGHT NOW to lower
your risk of a heart attack.
The right lifestyle changes can go a long way toward bringing down high blood pressure and cholesterol levels. These simple changes may be enough to let you avoid medication altogether. But if not, making a few well-chosen adjustments in your habits can boost the effectiveness of the medications you take, perhaps even reducing the dosage you require.
Confused about what's a "good" fat and what's a "bad" fat? You get clear, specific guidelines from the experts at Johns Hopkins.
How to protect against heart attacks with fiber. Find out if you are getting the recommended daily amount?
Learn about omega-6 versus omega-3 fats: Should you avoid the former?
See what new research reveals about soda and your risk of coronary heart disease.
What about soy? Antioxidants? Limiting your sodium? Boosting your potassium intake? Learn effective ways to get your risk factors under control through the food choices you make every day.
What counts as "exercise?"
Do you have to break a sweat before it's good for your heart?
You've heard it before: regular exercise can raise HDL cholesterol, control your weight, improve the work capacity of your heart, reduce your blood pressure and blood glucose, and relieve stress.
So why is it so difficult to get up off the couch and get moving?
One study, reported in The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper, reveals how the right kind of exercise can reduce your risk of heart attack by up to 50%.
You'll learn how often to exercise. Whether short bursts of activity can offer the same protection as longer exercise periods when it comes to reducing risk of coronary heart disease.
And you will read about the steps to safe exercise -- a must-see if you are concerned about having a heart attack or cardiac arrest during physical activity.
"Alcohol to protect my heart? I'll drink to that!"
Should you? Will drinking alcoholic beverages really lower your risk of heart attack, as the headlines proclaim?
The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper looks at how a small amount of alcohol can help raise "good" HDL cholesterol.
Discover what the research says is "enough" alcohol to reduce your risk of heart attack, and what's "too much."
See your heart's health in a whole new way.
Because solid, authoritative medical research stands behind the recommendations of Johns Hopkins Medicine, each White Paper includes highlights of new studies that are relevant to you.
When you have The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper, you have power to affect your healthcare as never before. Use what you learn to:
- Recognize and respond to symptoms and significant changes in your heart health as they occur.
- Make conscious, deliberate choices in what you eat and drink and do, based on what is known to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Communicate effectively with your doctor. A helpful glossary takes the mystery out of "medical-speak." Words like ischemia and ejection fraction will lose their power to intimidate or confuse you.
- You will be better equipped to ask informed questions, and to understand the answers.
- Make the right decisions, based on a better understanding of the newest drugs, the latest surgical techniques, and the most promising research.
- Take control over your condition and act from knowledge, rather than from fear. You will learn which leading hospitals (in addition to Johns Hopkins) specialize in preventing heart attack and controlling cardiovascular risk factors. No matter where you live, you will know the best places to go for cardiology and heart surgery.
Who will benefit from this timely intelligence?
The fact that you are reading this tells me that you're not willing to leave your fate in others' hands. You want to know more. You need to know more. And you're willing to seek out the best and most current information so you can raise important issues with your own doctors.
The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper will prove valuable to you if any of the following criteria describe your personal situation.
- You are being treated for high cholesterol or high blood pressure or have other cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, smoking, obesity, or a sedentary lifestyle.
- You have a family history of heart disease and want to break the pattern.
- You want to reduce the likelihood of needing bypass surgery or other invasive procedures.
- You have already had a heart attack and want to avoid a second one.
- You realize that first heart attacks often prove fatal to women because the early warning signs -- which are different from men's -- may be misunderstood or ignored.
- You live with or care for someone with cardiovascular risk factors and want to do everything possible to prevent a heart attack.
The specialists at Johns Hopkins created The 2010 Johns Hopkins Heart Attack Prevention White Paper to serve as your first line of defense against a heart attack. Special Bonus: Place your order today and we will include a free gift that could, literally, save your life.
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Heart Attack Prevention Strategies
- The #1 Way to Prevent a Heart Attack
The importance of smoking cessation cannot be underestimated.
- Walking Your Way to a Healthier Heart
Johns Hopkins specialists outline the best ways for starting a walking program to maximize your heart health.
- Action Plan When a Heart Attack Strikes
The crucial symptoms to look out for (which can often be different in men than women) and what to do and NOT do if you or a loved one starts to show the telltale signs.
- Cholesterol Busting Foods
The latest research on stanols, sterols, soy, fiber, and more.
- A Drink a Day for Heart Health?
Moderate alcohol intake has been suggested as a way to ward off heart attack. This special report discusses the pros and cons.
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The sooner you take steps to reduce your heart attack risk, the better. Prevention remains your most powerful medicine. But knowing how to respond in an emergency—whether it involves you or someone you are with—can be crucial to survival.
When heart attack strikes. . .
be prepared with a fast and appropriate response.
As you will learn in your free copy of Tested, Proven Ways To Save Your Own Heart,. what you do and what you don't do during the first crucial minutes and hours following a heart attack can make all the difference in the outcome.
Did you know that a third of all people having a heart attack never experience any chest pain at all? Your Johns Hopkins-designed "Action Plan When a Heart Attack Strikes" alerts you to the range of warning signs, including the less common ones that are more likely to occur in women.
At what point should you call an ambulance? When are you better off driving the person to the hospital instead of waiting for the ambulance to arrive? What information must the emergency personnel have right away? How do you handle the person in denial, who insists, "You're overreacting" or "There's nothing wrong?"
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Sincerely,
Tim O’Brien
Publisher, The Johns Hopkins White Papers
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