NIHSeniorHealth Adds Heart Attack Section

Each year, more than 1 million people in the United States have a heart attack, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, or NHLBI. To help educate Americans, particularly the elderly, about the dangers of heart attacks and how to prevent them, the NHLBI, the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine have collaborated to add a heart attack section to the NIHSeniorHealth Web site.

This online resource may be a helpful place to refer patients who have questions about heart attacks. The section breaks down the subject into several easily digested, illustrated chapters, encompassing

NIHSeniorHealth is designed to be senior-friendly and includes adjustable text size and high-contrast and audible speech features.

"The more people know about making healthy lifestyle choices to prevent heart attack, recognizing symptoms early and seeking treatment promptly, the better the chances of reducing or even eliminating permanent damage to the heart," said NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel, M.D., in a July 7 news release.