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Heart Health Education

Subscribe to Heart to Heart Newsletter 

Heart to Heart is published quarterly for patients, former patients and physicians associated with the WakeMed Heart Center. Discover heart-healthy recipes, the scoop on the latest trends in nutrition, and the extraordinary men and women who work within the Heart Center's walls.

Heart to Heart Article Previews - Excerpts from past issues:

Summer 2009 

  • Life After Sudden Cardiac Arrest: NC Representative Becky Carney shares her story
  • Sneak Peek:  What Will the new WakeMed Patient Tower hold?

Spring 2008

Winter 2009 

  • Become CPR Savvy:  CPR Guidelines Emphasize Chest Compressions Over Mouth-to-Mouth 
  • Cholesterol: What's Good? What's Bad?

Fall 2008 

  • Induced Hypothermia:  WakeMed & Wake County Emergency Medical Services Lead the Way for Area Patients
    What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
  • Back To Normal With The Aid Of Induced Hypothermia

We Want to Hear From Your Heart

Being diagnosed with heart disease is life changing, and we would like to help you share your heartfelt story from diagnosis to treatment, to set backs and successes.  By sharing, you have the opportunity to connect with, and possibly inspire, someone to make lifestyle changes and prevent his/her own heart health event.

However, we will seek your permission before publishing.  Please click here to share your heartfelt story. 

Change of Heart: Heart Awareness for Women

Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and grandmothers - they're all at risk for heart disease, the leading killer of women in the United States. 

That's why the WakeMed Heart Center has developed the Change of Heart initiative: to educate women about their risks and changes that can be made to take better care of their hearts.  For more information,  click here.


Heart Health Education

Signs & Symptoms of a Heart Attack

Glossary of Key Cardiovascular Terms

Heart Disease and Diabetes Management

Reduce Your Risk Factors for Heart Disease 

Nutrition for Heart Health

Heart Healthy Recipes

WakeMed Heart Healthy Food Pyramid 

Foods to Avoid & Foods to Eat 



 



 

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