Library
Resources
A
selected list of sources on Heart disease
Terms to browse the PAC at: Heart,
Heart Diseases, heart-infarction, coronary artery diseases
Vertical
File: Heart (1) Heart (2)
Medical Handbooks
Mayo
Clinic heart book. New York: W. Morrow, c1993 – coverage
of heart health by a well-reputed program for cardiac treatment
- easy-to-read-reference - REFERENCE ROOM REF 616.12 M473
Yale
University School of Medicine Heart Book. New York: Hearst
Books, c1992. – comprehensive guide to heart health in
some depth – readable - REFERENCE ROOM REF 616.12 +Y17
Your
Heart, by the American Medical Association. Pleasantville,
N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Association, c 1989 – excellent,
illustrated guide to heart ailments and heart health- -popular
treatment - REFERENCE ROOM REF 616.12 +Y81
Guides
Canadians and heart health. Ottawa: Health Canada , 1995.
– causes and prevention of heart disease – GOVERNMENT
DOCUMENT. ASK AT REFERENCE DESK UNACCESSIONED H39-328
Diethrich,
Edward B. and Carol Cohan. Women and heart disease: what
you can do to stop the number-one killer of American women.
New York: Random House, c1992. – well-written, thorough
coverage of issues concerning heart disease in women –
ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 616.12 D565w
Friedman,
Meyer and Ray H. Rosenman. Type A behavior and your heart.
New York: Knopf, 1974. – increased risk for heart problems
due to a combination of behavior , attitude and personality
- ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 616.12 F911
Jones, Jeanne.
Diet for a happy heart San Francisco: 101 Productions;
New York: distributed by Scribner, 1975 - cholesterol, low saturated
fat, sugar free cookbook - ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 641.563 J77
Lindsay,
Anne. The lighthearted cookbook: recipes for healthy heart
cooking. Toronto : Key porter Books, 1988. – recipes
with imagination - ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 641.5631 L748
Resuming your full life
Cousins,
Norman . The healing heart: antidotes to panic and helplessness.
New York: Norton, c1983. – stories of patients who
overcame illness through their attitudes to living - ADULT DEPT.
NON-FICTION 362.19 C867 9Ch
Gordon Neil
F. and Larry W. Gibbons. The Cooper Clinic Cardiac Rehabilitation
Program; featuring the unique heart points recovery system.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. – ‘heart points’
system as motivation to stick to health plans as set out in
the book – ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 616.12 G664
Lair, Jess,
and Jacqueline Carey Lair. “ Hey God, what should I
do now?” Garden City , N.Y.: Doubleday,1973. –
insightful, readable personal history of a couple and their
battle with heart disease - ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 920 L188
9L
Vineberg,
Arthur Martin How to live with your heart : the family guide
to heart health New York: Quadrangle, 1975 – understanding
life issues with respect to heart diseases - ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION
616.12 V782
Periodical
articles on the subject of Heart Disease
“Can
we end heart disease?” Business Week September 22’97
p106-8
“Good
news for the heart (beta blockers).” Time (Can ed) August
31 ’98 p35
“Heard
it through the grapevine: is wine really good for you? Consumer
Reports October ’97 p70-1
“Heart
disease: what doctors don’t tell you: … facts that
could save your life.” Chatelaine (eng) March ’98
p42-3, 45+
“Matters
of the heart (interview with D. Ornish).” Saturday Evening
Post September/October ’98 p38-9+
“Some
keys to warding off heart disease.” Newsweek August 11
’97 p58-9
“Women’s
health enemy number one.” Ladies Home Journal April ’97
p110f+
Special
issue - “ Giving seniors a second chance 9interview with
Dr. H. Laks).” Saturday Evening Post September/October
’97 p41+
