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The Johns Hopkins Complete Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
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Today, with proper guidance, you can avoid, control, and even reverse cardiovascular disease. This award-winning book shows you how.
Here is all the latest news on what doctors know about heart disease and how you can prevent it--clearly explained by a top-ranking researcher from one of the world's greatest medical institutions. In this book--the 1990 winner of the prestigious Blakeslee Award for Excellence from the American Heart Association--Dr. Kwiterovich gives the most comprehensive and medically accurate information for preventing and reversing heart disease.
The Johns Hopkins Complete Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease includes:
·How to assess and reduce your risk of heart attack
·What "good" cholesterol is and how to get more of it
·The role of genetic factors (have you inherited your parent's heart disease?)
·How to prepare delicious, lowfat recipes and how to take a scientific approach to exercise
·When to have your blood triglyceride level checked
·What drugs can and cannot do
·What you must ask your doctor to ensure you are getting an accurate cholesterol count--and the best treatment
Heart disease is far too serious a condition to treat with fad diets and "feel good" books. The Johns Hopkins Complete Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease is an action plan for healthful living, starting right now.
Today, with proper guidance, you can avoid, control, and even reverse cardiovascular disease. This award-winning book shows you how.
Here is all the latest news on what doctors know about heart disease and how you can prevent it--clearly explained by a top-ranking researcher from one of the world's greatest medical institutions. In this book--the 1990 winner of the prestigious Blakeslee Award for Excellence from the American Heart Association--Dr. Kwiterovich gives the most comprehensive and medically accurate information for preventing and reversing heart disease.
The Johns Hopkins Complete Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease includes:
·How to assess and reduce your risk of heart attack
·What "good" cholesterol is and how to get more of it
·The role of genetic factors (have you inherited your parent's heart disease?)
·How to prepare delicious, lowfat recipes and how to take a scientific approach to exercise
·When to have your blood triglyceride level checked
·What drugs can and cannot do
·What you must ask your doctor to ensure you are getting an accurate cholesterol count--and the best treatment
Heart disease is far too serious a condition to treat with fad diets and "feel good" books. The Johns Hopkins Complete Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease is an action plan for healthful living, starting right now.
416 pages, Paperback
First published May 17, 1993
About the author
Peter O. Kwiterovich Jr.
3 booksSource: http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/peter...
Dr. Peter Kwiterovich is chief of the Lipid Research and Atherosclerosis Division, director of the Johns Hopkins Lipid Clinic, and professor of pediatrics and medicine at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Kwiterovich is Chief of the Lipid Research/Atherosclerosis Unit at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Director of The Johns Hopkins University Lipid Clinic, and Director of The Johns Hopkins Physicians Lipid Disorders Training Center. He was the Director and principal investigator for The Johns Hopkins Coronary Artery Disease Study and the principal investigator for the National Health and Nutrition Education Survey (NHANES). Dr. Kwiterovich was also the Scientific Co-Founder and President of Lipid Therapeutics, Inc.
Dr. Kwiterovich is a leading scholar in the field of lipid research since its inception and is a recognized leader in the field both nationally and internationally. His current research interests include the molecular basis of disorders of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, especially sitosterolemia and hyperapoB, gene mapping to predict premature coronary artery disease, the effects of lipid-lowering agents and diet on dyslipidemia, and the expression and treatment of dyslipidemias starting in childhood.
The author of 300 published works, Dr. Kwiterovich’s articles have appeared in such professional journals as American Journal of Cardiology, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Human Genetics, Archives of Internal Medicine, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Lipid Research, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Pediatrics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Science.
Dr. Peter Kwiterovich is chief of the Lipid Research and Atherosclerosis Division, director of the Johns Hopkins Lipid Clinic, and professor of pediatrics and medicine at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Kwiterovich is Chief of the Lipid Research/Atherosclerosis Unit at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Director of The Johns Hopkins University Lipid Clinic, and Director of The Johns Hopkins Physicians Lipid Disorders Training Center. He was the Director and principal investigator for The Johns Hopkins Coronary Artery Disease Study and the principal investigator for the National Health and Nutrition Education Survey (NHANES). Dr. Kwiterovich was also the Scientific Co-Founder and President of Lipid Therapeutics, Inc.
Dr. Kwiterovich is a leading scholar in the field of lipid research since its inception and is a recognized leader in the field both nationally and internationally. His current research interests include the molecular basis of disorders of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, especially sitosterolemia and hyperapoB, gene mapping to predict premature coronary artery disease, the effects of lipid-lowering agents and diet on dyslipidemia, and the expression and treatment of dyslipidemias starting in childhood.
The author of 300 published works, Dr. Kwiterovich’s articles have appeared in such professional journals as American Journal of Cardiology, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Human Genetics, Archives of Internal Medicine, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Lipid Research, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Pediatrics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Science.
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