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    Questions About Medications?

    The most important thing to remember about medication is to take it as directed by your doctor. Have concerns or questions? Ask them.

    This list of questions will help you get the conversation started.

    Understanding Your Cardiovascular System

    The first step toward preventing and managing heart disease is understanding how your cardiovascular system works.

    Click here to learn more.

    Your SmartPhone as a Health Tool

    Whether you got on the smartphone bandwagon by choice or were hauled aboard by an insistent friend or relative, chances are good you have a smartphone.

    If so, you may be pleased to learn that your phone can be an excellent tool for your health.

    Beginners' Steps to Moving More

    Want to exercise but don't know where to start?

    Click here and try these 3 tips to help you get moving without changing your whole life. Every step counts!

    Recovering from a Heart Event or Procedure?

    You may be eligible for cardiac rehabilitation, a program that has been shown to help many heart patients live longer.

    Click here to learn more about who qualifies for cardiac rehabilitation and how it helps many people.

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  • Understand Sexual Activity & Cardiovascular Disease

    Sex is a very common concern among people with heart disease - one-half to three-quarters of people experience sexual problems after a heart event. Heart disease and the medications you take for your heart can affect your desire for sexual activity and your performance. Or perhaps the fear of straining your heart (or your partner’s heart), or even depression, may be getting in the way of intimacy. But there are ways you can improve your sex life even after a heart event.

  • Sexual Activity & Cardiovascular Disease

    • Erectile Dysfunction: A Primer
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  • Intimacy & Heart Disease

    • General Guidelines for Returning to Sexual Activity After a Heart Event or Procedure
    • How to Be Intimate Without Having Sex
    • Sex & Heart Disease: Why Am I Not in the Mood?
    • Tips for Reconnecting with Your Partner After a Heart Event or Procedure

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    • How to Be Intimate Without Having Sex
    • Sex & Heart Disease: Why Am I Not in the Mood?
    • Sexual Activity & Your Heart: How to Support Your Partner Who Has Heart Disease
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    • Possible Effects of Heart Medications on Intimacy
    • Sex & Heart Disease: Why Am I Not in the Mood?
    • Sexual Activity & Your Heart: How to Support Your Partner Who Has Heart Disease
    • Treatment Options for Erectile Dysfunction

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