If you have heart disease, you know that beating this condition involves more than just taking medication or trying to eat healthier—it entails a complete lifestyle overhaul! This guide takes a contemporary medical and holistic approach to fighting the disease, and helps you make the changes that can mean the difference between life and death. This guide includes: - Information on how heart disease affects your body, and what medications,

Completely redesigned for easy reading and fully updated with the latest research and information on current practice, medication, legal matters, and specific conditions, this new edition of a vital resource is full of tips, suggestions, and strategies to deal with chronic illness and symptoms, such as fatigue, pain, shortness of breath, disability, and depression. It encourages readers to develop individual approaches to setting goals, making

Big Belly? High Body Mass Index? High Blood Pressure? If this sounds like you, you may be one of the millions of North Americans with Metabolic Syndrome. Predicted by medical experts as the likely number one risk factor for heart disease, Metabolic Syndrome, or MSX, describes a constellation of conditions, including those mentioned above, of which the body's resistance to insulin is a primary feature. A byproduct of obesity, 25 percent of the adult