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A Heart-Healthy Barbecue

For your next barbecue, add these tasty—and healthy—recipes to the menu: spicy southern barbecued chicken, scallop kabobs, new potato salad, fresh tomato and cabbage salad, gazpacho and rainbow fruit salad.
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Heart Disease & Depression

If you have heart disease and you frequently experience the blues, it may be time seek help from a mental health professional. Here, Lawson Wulsin, M.D., author of Treating the Aching Heart explains the myriad connections between heart disease and depression—so you get the treatment you need. 
 
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CRP: What You Need to Know
High Blood Pressure & Weight Loss Drugs
Taking Aspirin? Protect Your Stomach
Veggie Protein for Your Blood Pressure

Expert Advice

I’ve heard the DASH diet helps lower blood pressure. What exactly is the DASH eating plan?




Helpful Resources
For more information on maintaining heart health, also visit:
 
American Heart Association
 
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
 
CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

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