Quiz: Myths and Facts About Your Heart Health

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UAB Medicine: "Debunking Heart Attack Myths"
http://www1.uabhealth.org/UAB_HV/Debunking+Heart+Attack+Myths

American Heart Association: "Heart Attack"
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4578

CDC: "Men and Heart Disease Fact Sheet"
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_men_heart.htm

CDC: "Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet"
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_women_heart.htm

American Heart Association: Women and Cholesterol
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American Heart Association: Women, Heart Disease and Stroke
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4786

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: "The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women"
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American College of Emergency Physicians: "Heart Attack Fact Sheet"
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