A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease
$51.40
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2017
Summary
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Yet most people are still unaware that heart disease is not just a man’s problem. Carolyn Thomas, a heart attack survivor herself, is on a mission to educate women about their heart health. Based on her popular blog, which has attracted more than 10 million views from readers in 190 countries, A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease combines personal experience and medical knowledge to help women learn how to under…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421424200 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421424207 |
| Author: | Carolyn Thomas, Martha Gulati |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
“This book brings a needed focus to a leading killer of women today and is a must-read for women and their loved ones.”
[A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease] gives women the knowledge they need to become their own advocates in a health care system that continues to be weighted against them.
—Foreword Reviews
This book brings a needed focus to a leading killer of women today and is a must-read for women and their loved ones.
—Library Journal
Shining a light on what is often an “invisible” illness, Thomas shares the stories of women survivors as young as twenty-six and as old as sixty-three, some who had been experiencing symptoms for as long as two years before being correctly diagnosed and treated. Her book gives women the knowledge they need to become their own advocates in a health care system that continues to be weighted against them.
—Foreword Reviews
Carolyn Thomas
Carolyn Thomas, a journalist and public relations specialist, is a graduate of Mayo Clinic’s WomenHeart Science and Leadership Symposium for Women with Heart Disease. She is the creator of the blog Heart Sisters.
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