Video-Heart Disease Risk Factors
This video, presented by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, discusses the risk factors for heart disease. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - September 30, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Physical Activity and Your Heart
Physical activity is any body movement that works your muscles and requires more energy than resting. Walking, running, dancing, swimming, yoga, and gardening are a few examples of physical activity. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - September 26, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Heart Disease in Women
In the United States, 1 in 4 women dies from heart disease. In fact, coronary heart disease (CHD), the most common type of heart disease, is the number 1 killer of both men and women in the United States. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - September 26, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent ductus arteriosus is a heart problem that affects some babies soon after birth. In PDA, abnormal blood flow occurs between two of the major arteries connected to the heart. These arteries are the aorta and the pulmonary artery. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - September 26, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Pleurisy
Pleurisy is a condition in which the pleura is inflamed. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - September 21, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Long QT Syndrome
Long QT syndrome is a disorder of the hearts electrical activity. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - September 21, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Video-Living With and Managing Sickle Cell Disease
In this video, presented by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, Nicholas and his mother, Bridget, talk about life with sickle cell disease. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - September 2, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Varicose Veins
Varicose veins are swollen, twisted veins that you can see just under the surface of the skin. These veins usually occur in the legs, but they also can form in other parts of the body. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - July 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart defect. This is a problem with the heart's structure that's present at birth. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - July 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Palpitations
Palpitations are feelings that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, or beating too hard or too fast. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - July 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Mitral Valve Prolapse
Mitral valve prolapse is a condition in which the heart's mitral valve doesn't work well. The flaps of the valve are floppy and don't close tightly. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - July 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Hemophilia
Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot normally. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - July 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital heart defects are problems with the heart structure that are present at birth. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - July 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Spanish Article-Asthma
Revised Spanish language article on asthma. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - June 22, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised Article-Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis, or CF, is an inherited disease of the secretory glands. Secretory glands include glands that make mucus and sweat. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - June 22, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news