Research suggests need to raise awareness about treatment guidelines for PAD.
Healthy Living
How to Prevent Heart Disease
Healthy habits throughout life—eating better, moving more, maintaining a healthy weight, and not smoking—are important steps to prevent heart disease. You also need to keep an eye on factors that make heart disease more likely. These include diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Use this resource to learn what steps you can take to protect your heart.
What's Your Plan for Heart Healthier Living?
Need help getting started? Download this booklet to help you map out steps to eat better, move more, get to or maintain a healthy weight, avoid tobacco, and manage stress.
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Study: Hispanic/Latino Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease Underuse Heart Medications -
Reframing Primary Prevention for Young Adults Perspective: While healthy habits are important throughout life, some people younger than 50 might benefit from earlier interventions to lower their lifetime risk of heart attack or stroke.
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Starting Lipid Lowering in Younger Adults May Yield Heart Benefits 30+ Years Later Intervening earlier may help prevent future cardiac events among 40- and 50-somethings, study suggests. -
Focus on Healthy Foods Instead of Saturated Fat Limits, Research Suggests Report calls for new dietary recommendations to provide clearer guidance about which food sources are heart protective and which are harmful.