Lisa Petito's List: Cardiac Health Class Research

Healthy heart information and research on heart, coronary disease, warning signs, symptoms and prevention. Sites provide information for those who want to learn more about heart disease, prevention, basic heart anatomy and what can go wrong. Please check out the FDA link. You will have to type in "heart disease" when you access this link. Also, please access the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which will provide you with an easy to read tutorial on the basics of heart disease and the vocabulary associated with it.

Gateway site provides links on the details of heart disease. It also provides consumer links to articles on the basic understanding of heart disease, the signs and symptoms, and prevention. It also provides a link to the WebMD site. You can access this but you will need to type in "heart disease" in the site's search engine. This site is designed for higher reading levels since it incorporates medical terminology.

Includes indexes and glossary of terms related to heart disease. Provides the Yale Book of information on heart disease in the young, elderly and women. Sites also provides links to other heart/cardio vascular resources on the net.

Collections containing the map of the human heart. This site is targeted for Grades 10, 11, 12 grade students. Provides information on the normal functioning of the heart and things that can go wrong. Site also provides an interactive tutorial resource site of the heart using easy to follow graphics.

Provides links to sites to the Center of Disease control which offers resources for young adults on heart disease. Site also includes information and resources from the American Heart Association on their collection of resources, videos and images. Also includes links for heart disease lesson ideas and curriculum.