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About the Heart

There's so much to know about the human heart — how it has been understood through time in various cultures and how to keep (or restore) healthy heart/cardiovascular function. Explore the books in this list to deepen your understanding and enhance your health. #IndyPLAdults

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  • A fascinating look at the many ways hearts have been understood over the course of human history in various cultures around the world. Also available as a Downloadable Audiobook.
    Book, 2023New York : Columbia University Press, [2023] — 612.17 FIG
  • The End of Heart Disease

    the Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

    Fuhrman, Joel,
    Based on extensive review of scientific literature, the recommendations in this book offer practical advice that can lead to a life of health and vitality. Also available as an eBook, a Downloadable Audiobook, and Audiobook CD.
    Book, 2016New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — 616.1205 FUH
  • The Beating Heart

    the Art & Science of Our Most Vital Organ

    Choudhury, Robin P.,
    "The beating heart is a painstakingly assembled account of how the heart has been depicted throughout illustrated and written history. In this impressive work, Professor Robin Choudhury, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of…
    Book, 2024London : Head of Zeus, [2024] — 612.17 CHO
  • Blood Pressure Down

    the 10-step Plan to Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Weeks-without Prescription Drugs

    Brill, Janet Bond
    Implementing even a few of the steps in this plan can make a big difference in lowering blood pressure and setting you on a path of healing. Also available as an eBook and a Downloadable Audiobook.
    Book, 2013New York : Three Rivers Press, [2013] — 616.132 BRI
  • Cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar explores the history of the heart by blending stories from his own family history as well as his medical training and practice with breakthroughs in treatment of heart disease. Warning: Some of the stories are quite…
    Book, 2018New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. — 612.17 JAU
  • The Haywire Heart

    How Too Much Exercise Can Kill You, and What You Can Do to Protect Your Heart

    Case, Chris,
    This book explores the question of how intensive amounts of exercise can compromise heart health. Anyone engaged in highly competitive sports would benefit from familiarizing themselves with the information in this book. Also available as an eBook.
    Book, 2017Boulder, Colorado : VeloPress, [2017] — 617.1027 CAS
  • Heart

    An Owner's Guide

    Barrett, Paddy,
    This book, part of DK's the body literacy library series, is very user friendly. Flip open to any section to explore a range of topics related to heart health.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2024. — 612.17 BAR
  • Undo It!

    How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases

    Ornish, Dean,
    “Dr. Dean Ornish’s forty years of revolutionary scientific research essentially created the field of lifestyle medicine. His new unifying theory is elegantly simple, profound, and life-transforming.”— Michael Greger, M.D., F.A.C.L.M., author, How…
    Book, 2019New York : Ballantine Books, [2019] — 616.044 ORN
  • The Exquisite Machine

    the New Science of the Heart

    Harding, Sian E.,
    “The Exquisite Machine by Sian Harding is a great way to learn everything you need to know about your own heart from a leading cardiac scientist . . . This one is a must-read.” — Scientific American. Also available as an eBook.
    Book, 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022] — 616.12 HAR
  • The Centered Heart

    Evidence-based, Mind-body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health

    Amendola, Susi,
    “Instead of trying to find time in your day for self-care, yoga-therapist Amendola suggests scheduling your life around your practices, aiming for a stress-free, healing existence. Under her expert guidance, this not only seems enticing but…
    Book, 2024Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2024. — 155.9042 AME
  • Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

    the Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-based Cure

    Esselstyn, Caldwell B., Jr., 1933-
    “One of the most outstanding projects in health research of the past century. It's relevant, it's caring, it's innovative, it's extremely well executed and it's very, very useful." — T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., author of The China Study. Also…
    Book, 2007New York : Avery, [2007] — 616.12305 ESS