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This Week’s e-Bulletin – 03/28/2008
“A quiet dinner at home. Soft music. Candlelight. Sounds delightfully romantic, doesn't it? But did you know that partaking in such a dream date might actually damage, rather than rejuvenate, the heart? That summation may seem awfully unimaginative, yet this is just what Bräuner and colleagues discovered.1…”
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Kelly A. Spratt, DO
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Spratt has been honored for her medical teaching ability and is also actively involved in patient education in several media. She serves as "Ask the Doctor" for the Better Homes and Gardens health Web site, a resource for patients with a variety of health concerns.

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Evidence-based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women
AHA Go Red for Women Campaign
NIH Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator
10-year CVD Risk Calculator (data from the Framingham Heart Study)
Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (ATP III) Executive Summary
AHA Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics -- 2005 Update
ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult
The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)
GFR Calculators at the National Kidney Foundation Web Site