Heart Healthy: Practical Guide to Living Well

Concise yet thorough, this 12-lecture course could be among the best investments you’ll ever make. Learn how to live a heart-healthy life with one of the world’s most esteemed heart experts.

An award-winning professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Simeon Margolis channels decades of experience as a teacher and clinician into practical, easy-to-understand advice. He expertly guides you through the most vital questions about heart health, helping you navigate complex issues:

• inherited and acquired risk factors,
• diagnostic tests,
• drug therapies,
• heart-healthy changes in your diet,
• positive changes in your exercise habits, and
• achieving a heart-healthy lifestyle.

The human heart is a phenomenal organ: during the course of an average lifetime, it beats 2.5 billion times and pumps 50 million gallons of blood through the body. But diseases of the heart are the leading cause of death in America, affecting 25 million people—almost 10% of the population.

Becoming heart-healthy means understanding the risks you face and the ways to prevent those risks from becoming a reality. New medical science and technology have made assessing risk easier than ever, but creating a healthy strategy that’s right for you can seem daunting.

Dr. Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D., helps you do just that in this insightful set of talks. Erudite and accessible, this audio course helps listeners of all ages develop life-changing wellness strategies.

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