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Book Recommendation: Happiness for Your Heart

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Nearly 400 people die every day from cardiovascular disease in France, adding up to 150,000 every year.
Stress, anxiety, depression, anger and fatigue are well-known risk factors.
One way to protect your heart is to cultivate small and big moments of happiness.
In this book, cardiologist Jean-Pierre Houppe explains how to protect your health with information drawn from a number of recent studies.

https://www.furet.com/livres/le-coeur-du-bonheur-jean-pierre-houppe-9782100794430.html
https://livre.fnac.com/a13368165/Jean-Pierre-Houppe-Le-coeur-du-bonheur-J-ai-decide-d-etre-heureux-pour-eviter-l-infarctus

 

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An endowment dedicated to women's hearts

Organization

It is intolerable that cardiovascular disease should continue to be the symbol of inequality between men and women in the healthcare field. They kill 200 women every day in France, with delays in treatment due mainly to a lack of awareness of the reality. And yet, 8 out of 10 cardiovascular accidents [...]

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What General Practitioners Say About High Blood Pressure Prevention, Screening and Treatment in France in 2019

Health Professionals

High blood pressure is the number one chronic illness in the world. In France, an estimated 30% of the adult population has high blood pressure. It is one of the leading cardiovascular risk factors and the main risk factor for stroke. This illness can be prevented by adopting healthy behaviors like [...]

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How Drug Tolerance Differs for Women

Health Professionals

This is the main conclusion of a large American study just published in Biology of Sex Differences, which analyzed literature data from more than 5,400 references to determine whether gender differences in pharmacokinetic parameters predict differences in the occurrence of adverse events in men and [...]

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