| Richard Stein M.D.
Leading Cardiologist
Spokesperson for
the American Heart Association
Founder and Co-director of the Cardiac
Prevention and Rehabilitation Program at the 92nd Street Y
Biography
ADr. Richard A. Stein is Professor of
Medicine and Director of the Urban Community Cardiology Program at New York
University School of Medicine.
A noted cardiologist, lecturer and spokesperson for the American Heart
Association, Dr. Stein is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in New York and the founder and co-director of the
Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Program at the 92nd Street Y in New York
City, now in its 30th year.
He has published over 65 articles and chapters in professional publications,
and is co-editor of a textbook for physicians on complementary and alternative
cardiovascular medicine.
Dr. Stein divides his time between New York City and Connecticut.
In the last decade, the rules for outliving heart disease—living well with
your heart until you die of some other cause—have changed dramatically. Dr.
Richard Stein, the Director of the Urban Cardiology Program at New York
University Medical Center, cuts through the constant stream of new reports and
often contradictory information about preventing and treating heart disease with
his 10 New Rules.
#1. Be Alert to Symptoms that Signal Imminent Heart Attack
#2. Know Your
Risk for Having a Heart Attack in the Next 10 Years
#3. Take a Statin
#4.
Exercise! It's a Proactive Way to Reduce Heart Disease and Heart Attack
Risk
#5. Eat Well: Diet Guidelines for Heart Health
#6. Understand the
Mind-Body Connection
#7. Explore Alternative Treatments
#8. Keep Up with
the Latest Tests and Treatments
#9. Understand the Connections to Your Gender
and Your Heritage
#10. Partner with Your Doctor to Reach Your Heart-Health
Goals
In plain English, Outliving Heart Disease explains: Vascular changes
that take place as you age--and how they affect your heart * The specific risk
factors affecting women, African-Americans, and other groups * The latest
research on statins--those miracle drugs that have revolutionized the prevention
and treatment of heart disease * How to create a heart-healthy diet and
cardiovascular exercise program * How depression, anxiety, and stress can impact
the heart, and what you can do about it.
Updated with the most current therapies and diagnostic techniques, this is
the guide for every man and woman to prevent and treat heart disease.
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The Next Step
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