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The hand of the heart

Do you know the hand of the heart? The five fingers: my blood pressure, my blood sugar, my lipid profile, my abdominal perimeter, my stress. And in the center: my symptoms.

The hand of the heart

By keeping an eye on these key indicators of your cardiovascular health, you can avoid developing the disease in eight out of ten cases. Thanks to Ali Rebeihi and Agathe Lecaron for opening their Bel et Bien program on France 2 to the Women's Heart Bus. https://www.france.tv/france-2/bel-et-bien/4558555-quand-le-coeur-guide-la-tete.html from 18:00 on the replay. This long report gives us a good understanding of the risk factors and the three key stages of prevention for women: first contraception, pregnancy and menopause. And it takes us on the Bus for a full screening!

 
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Practical Guides

Download guides from this section of our website that will give you tools to actively prevent cardiovascular disease. Use these templates to track your own blood pressure numbers as well as monitor and address your cardiovascular risk factors. Prepare for your appointment and share these tracking [...]

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