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10 Lifestyle Strategies to Keep Your Ticker Beating Strong

Name: 10 Lifestyle Strategies to Keep Your Ticker Beating Strong
Uploaded: 2013-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

Noted author and dietician, Janet Brill, PhD, RD, joined Penn Medicine to discuss the importance of staying heart healthy, what can be done to manage your cholesterol and how to prevent a heart attack.

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April 22, 2013

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