	The California Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation is dedicated to promoting health and wellness and preventing cardiovascular diseases through the dissemination of education for the benefit of health care professionals, clinical practice and the public at large.

HOME- your starting point COMING EVENTS- The Annual Meeting, regional meetings and other relevant orginizations' offerings. EDUCATION-On line CEUs, book reviews, links to health literacy sites and more... ELIGIBILITY-Guideline for eligibility. FORMS-Membership and Resource Manual forms. INFORMATION-The CSCR Newsletters, links to helpful info, and more. JOBS-Want Ads. LEGISLATION-Keeping current with what impacts our practice LINKS-To other relevant websites OFFICERS-State, Nor-Cal and So-Cal OUTCOMES-It drives our practice. PROGRAM DIRECTORY-With a map. RISK MANAGEMENT - Links to resources SEARCH TIPS-How to. WOMEN'S HEALTH-Links to resources	RISK MANAGEMENT This is a forum to examine risk factors and issues involved with Heart Disease and strategies to handle them. What follows are links to Internet sites which discuss risk and issues. Included in the list of risks and issues are: Over all risk Cholesterol Depression Diabetes Human Sexuality Hypertension Obesity Smoking Stress Over all risk The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute- RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO PREVENTION http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/docs/taskfor/pagetwo.htm The Framingham heart study http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/framingham/index.html TOP Cholesterol Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) Full Report http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm Howstuffworks--http://www.howstuffworks.com/cholesterol.htm The National Cholesterol Education Program http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/ From Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cholesterol.html TOP Depression The National Women's Health Information Center Women's mental health http://www.4woman.gov/mh National Institute of Mental Health Depression Can Break Your Heart A brief overview of the relationship between depression and heart disease. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/heartbreak.cfm Your healthy heart destination LifeHeart.com Depression and heart disease http://www.lifeheart.com/patient/quality_of_life/depression.asp TOP Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disorders http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ The Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ American Association of Diabetic Educators http://www.aadenet.org/ TOP Human sexuality Sexuality And Disability: Education, Advocacy & Support Professional & Academic Resources http://sexsupport.org/CardioStrokeResources.html University of Michigan Health System http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/aha/umheartdis.htm TOP Hypertension The National High Blood Pressure Education Program http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/nhbpep/index.htm American Heart Association--journal http://hyper.ahajournals.org/ American Society of Hypertension. ASH is the largest US organization dedicated exclusively to hypertension and related cardiovascular disease. http://www.ash-us.org/ World Hypertension League http://www.worldhypertensionleague.org/Pages/Home.aspx CDC--National Center for Health Statistics--Hypertension http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hyprtens.htm TOP Obesity Obesity Education Initiative The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/oei/index.htm National institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disorders Weight Loss and Control http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm International Obesity Association for the Study of Obesity http://www.iotf.org/ The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm TOP Smoking The American Lung Association. http://www.lungusa.org The Centers for disease control. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm Clinical Investigation and Reports High Rates of Sustained Smoking Cessation in Women Hospitalized With Cardiovascular Disease The Women’s Initiative for Nonsmoking (WINS) http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/109/5/587 TOP Stress American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4750 About.com Stress Management Stress and Cardiovascular Disease http://stress.about.com/cs/heartdisease/ Want More? After all this is simply a sample. Go to your favorite search engine and type in a risk factor and search. There is a lot more out there.

The California Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation is dedicated to
promoting health and wellness and preventing cardiovascular
diseases through the dissemination of education for the benefit of
health care professionals, clinical practice and the public at large.

HOME- your starting point

COMING EVENTS- The Annual Meeting, regional meetings and other relevant orginizations' offerings.

EDUCATION-On line CEUs, book reviews, links to health literacy sites and more...

ELIGIBILITY-Guideline for eligibility.

FORMS-Membership and Resource Manual forms.

INFORMATION-The CSCR Newsletters, links to helpful info, and more.

JOBS-Want Ads.

LEGISLATION-Keeping current with what impacts our practice

LINKS-To other relevant websites

OFFICERS-State, Nor-Cal and So-Cal

OUTCOMES-It drives our practice.

PROGRAM DIRECTORY-With a map.

RISK MANAGEMENT - Links to resources

SEARCH TIPS-How to.

WOMEN'S HEALTH-Links to resources

RISK MANAGEMENT

This is a forum to examine risk factors and issues involved with Heart Disease and strategies to handle them. What follows are links to Internet sites which discuss risk and issues. Included in the list of risks and issues are:

Over all risk
Cholesterol
Depression
Diabetes
Human Sexuality
Hypertension
Obesity
Smoking
Stress

Over all risk

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute- RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO PREVENTION
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/docs/taskfor/pagetwo.htm

The Framingham heart study http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/framingham/index.html

TOP

Cholesterol

Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) Full Report
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm

Howstuffworks--http://www.howstuffworks.com/cholesterol.htm

The National Cholesterol Education Program
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/

From Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cholesterol.html

TOP

Depression

The National Women's Health Information Center
Women's mental health
http://www.4woman.gov/mh

National Institute of Mental Health
Depression Can Break Your Heart
A brief overview of the relationship between depression and heart disease.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/heartbreak.cfm

Your healthy heart destination LifeHeart.com
Depression and heart disease
http://www.lifeheart.com/patient/quality_of_life/depression.asp

TOP

Diabetes

American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disorders
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/

The Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/

American Association of Diabetic Educators
http://www.aadenet.org/

TOP

Human sexuality

Sexuality And Disability: Education, Advocacy & Support
Professional & Academic Resources
http://sexsupport.org/CardioStrokeResources.html

University of Michigan Health System
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/aha/umheartdis.htm

TOP

Hypertension

The National High Blood Pressure Education Program
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/nhbpep/index.htm

American Heart Association--journal http://hyper.ahajournals.org/

American Society of Hypertension.
ASH is the largest US organization dedicated exclusively to hypertension and related cardiovascular disease.
http://www.ash-us.org/

World Hypertension League
http://www.worldhypertensionleague.org/Pages/Home.aspx

CDC--National Center for Health Statistics--Hypertension
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hyprtens.htm

TOP

Obesity

Obesity Education Initiative
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/oei/index.htm

National institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disorders
Weight Loss and Control
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm

International Obesity Association for the Study of Obesity
http://www.iotf.org/

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm

TOP

Smoking

The American Lung Association. http://www.lungusa.org

The Centers for disease control. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm

Clinical Investigation and Reports
High Rates of Sustained Smoking Cessation in Women Hospitalized With Cardiovascular Disease
The Women’s Initiative for Nonsmoking (WINS)
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/109/5/587

TOP

Stress

American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4750

About.com
Stress Management
Stress and Cardiovascular Disease http://stress.about.com/cs/heartdisease/

Want More? After all this is simply a sample. Go to your favorite search engine and type in a risk factor and search. There is a lot more out there.