Health Advice: Halting Heart Attacks, Dog Years and Cholesterol Testing

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ILLUSTRATION: R.J. KAUFMAN
The old one-dog-year-equals-seven-people-years formula is "total nonsense," according to Dr. Alan Beck at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

The To Your Health column covers health advice topics on new medical discoveries including stopping heart attacks as they happen, learning how old your dog is in dog years and the age to start getting your cholesterol tested.

Health Advice: Halting Heart Attacks, Dog Years and Cholesterol Testing

When it concerns the fitness of body, mind or spirit, the editors of American Health are there, staying on top of up-to-date medical research, providing health advice, separating fad from fact and helping you preserve and improve life’s most precious gift–your good health. Here are just a few items culled from recent and upcoming issues.

Halting Heart Attacks

  • Published on Jan 1, 1988
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