"From a leading internal medicine doctor on the front lines of cardiac research, comes a heart disease program designed exclusively for a woman's body, targeting the number one killer of women"-- "Heart disease remains the number one killer of women, with one in four receiving a diagnosis in her lifetime. And the problem is only getting worse. Mark Menolascino, MD, has been on the front lines of cardiac research for most of his life, running an acclaimed...

Here is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to improve cardiac health and lose weight, offering 800 recipes--100 all new, 150 refreshed--that cut saturated fat and cholesterol. The American Heart Association's cornerstone cookbook has sold more than three million copies and it's now fully updated and expanded to reflect the association's latest guidelines as well as current tastes, with a fresh focus on quick and easy. This invaluable, one-stop-shopping...

"Zoologist Bill Schutt delivers a look at hearts from across the animal kingdom, from insects to whales to humans. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings"--

Dr. Jace Rawlings' open-heart surgery patients hover between life and death. But the messages they bring back following their near-death experiences predict the deaths of people around him and point a finger of suspicion straight at him. Facing a firestorm of controversy and danger, Dr. Rawlings had come to Kenya to establish a heart-surgery program for the poor, but the turmoil of political intrigue and spiritual warfare will put his marriage, career,...

"When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is. Hunter appeared in their lives just a few years before--and his appearance was as mysterious as his past. With no family, no friends, and a background shrouded in secrets, Hunter embraced the Sears family and never looked...

If you have coronary heart disease, this book could save your life. Coronary heart disease (CHD) takes the lives of 2,000 Americans every day. But you don't have to be one of them. If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with CHD or suffered a heart attack, there a still ways to live a long, heart-healthy life. Be Heart Smart shows you how. In this definitive guide to CHD, cardiologist Waqar Khan, MD, MPH, answers your questions and gives you easy-to-follow...

"Life's too short to play it safe... Since her sister's death from the same heart condition she has, twenty-year-old Paisley Donovan has been treated like glass by everyone but flight school student LT Jagger Bateman. He's wickedly hot, reckless, and perfect for a girl looking to live life to the fullest. Except that Paisley is the commanding general's daughter, and can't guarantee that she'll live to see him graduate..." -- author's website.

An organ transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. Seven years later, the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.

For thirty-four-year-old Ryan Perry, life is good a year after the heart transplant that had saved him from certain death, until he begins to receive strange messages united by the theme, "Your heart belongs to me," and discovers that he is being stalked by a mysterious woman who bears a striking resemblance to the donor of his heart.

It begins on the shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town. A spirited seven-year-old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. Her latest customer, a bearded stranger, drains his cup and heads to his car. But the little girl's pretty yellow dress can't quite hide the ugly scar on her chest. The stranger understands more about it than he wants to admit. And the beat-up bread truck careening around the corner with its radio blaring is about to...