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American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency to help reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
The Franklin InstituteAn online exploration of the human heart.
Mended Hearts, Inc.
Mended Hearts is a national nonprofit organization affiliated with the American Heart Association. They have been offering the gift of hope to heart disease patients, their families and caregivers for more than 50 years.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency—making important medical discoveries that improve health and save lives.
Womens Health
Womenshealth.gov is a free service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It provides reliable, accurate, commercial-free information on the health of women.This website covers hundreds of topics, on issues ranging from reproductive health to older women's health.
The Women's Heart Foundation, the only Non-Governmental Organization that designs and implements demonstration projects for the prevention of heart disease, is a 501(c)3 charitable organization dedicated to improving survival and quality of life.
VascularWeb
The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) is a not-for-profit professional medical society, composed primarily of vascular surgeons, that seeks to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research, and public awareness. SVS is the national advocate for 3,350 specialty-trained vascular surgeons and other medical professionals who are dedicated to the prevention and cure of vascular disease.
EATING HEALTHY
Heart Healthy Handbook for Women
The 122-page, full-color, 20th anniversary edition of The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women provides the most recent information on women's heart disease and practical suggestions for reducing your own risk.
Heart Healthy Recipes
By making a few changes in your eating habits, you can help lower your high blood pressure. Here are some great recipes that show you how eating less fat, cholesterol, salt, and sodium can make a difference and taste great too.
SMOKING CESSATION
American Lung Association of Washington
The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through Education, Advocacy and Research.
Freedom From Smoking
Freedom From Smoking® Online, or FFS Online, is a program specifically designed for adults, like you, who want to quit smoking. It’s an adaptation of the American Lung Association’s gold standard, group clinic that has helped thousands of smokers to quit for good.
Washington Tobacco Quit Line
Smoking cessation information and support.