Taking on Heart Disease: Famous Personalities Recall How They Triumphed Over the Nation's #1 Killer and How You Can, Too [Large Print]

by Larry King and Spotlight Health Staff

The public usually learns when a celebrity is stricken with a life-threatening illness. But what we don't get to share are the intimate details of their private anguish and personal treatment. In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375433724
• ISBN13: 9780375433726
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Needed This Book Last year

I just had my third heart cath 5/24/2005 after another "event". I was at THI/St. Luke's and saw this book there and read a few pages before being discharged. I saw the celebrities listed and desperately need to read their stories on dealing with Heart Disease as I am scared and frightened as Information on "me" is sketchy to say the least, from my doctors. I need better information and support. I just ordered this book and cannot wait for it to arrive. Thanks Larry and all the others who shared their personal experiences. ~~~~~~~A well informed patient makes for a Better patient~~~~~

Larry King on Heart Disease

I am sure your must have heard about this author. Yes, he is THE Larry King of Larry King Live on CNN. In this book the author tells us how a couple of famous people who were suffering from heart diseases were able to conquer their conditions. It is reviewed by one of the doctors who operated Mr King. This book is just like his show and has a lot of inspirational stories. Overall, it's a great feel-good type of book. Just like my new beverage of choice called s o y f e e. It's made from soybeans that you brew just like coffee. Caffeine-free, you'll find it at www. S oycoffe e.com.

Packed with inspirational healing stories

Walter Cronkite, Peggy Fleming, and others are all sufferers from heart disease who have triumphed over their conditions: Larry King tackles the nation's number 1 killer in Taking On Heart Disease, reflecting both his own heart attack and bypass experiences and a survey of how heart disease may be confronted and avoided. Packed with inspirational healing stories, Taking On Heart Disease provides plenty of case histories of triumph and offers inspiration for recovery.

Valuable for Heart Patients and their families

Larry has done more in this book for heart patients and thir friends and families than any professional counselor could do. You read and feel the fears of well known people and you understand, through the words of their cardiologists, what has taken place. This book should be handed to every heart patient who walks into a cardiologist's office for a test or exam.