Exercise
This Web site provides information about the role of exercise and other factors in improving cardiovascular health.
Take the "Learn and Live" quiz to assess your knowledge about cardiovascular health.
Visit the American Heart Association web site
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Fat Intake and Cancer
The American Heart Association is a reliable source of information on cardiovascular diseases for consumers and health professionals.
Click on "Diseases and Conditions." Choose one of the conditions and write a 1-page paper that describes the condition and discusses your risk for developing it.
Visit the American Heart Association web site
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Stroke
How much do you know about stroke?
Visit this site and click on "All about Stroke" and "Common Symptoms and Treatments." Write a brief paper that describes stroke, including stroke symptoms.
Visit the National Stroke Association web site
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Fat Intake and Cancer
The Web site below offers an interactive risk assessment for heart attack and stroke ("Learn to Live Quiz"), which is an additional resource for the section on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in this chapter. The American Heart Association's (AHA's) Web page also contains heart health-related news; an A-Z search guide; phone numbers and addresses of local AHA chapters; information on family health, heart disease, and stroke; and a search engine.
Visit the American Heart Association web site
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