Separate fact from fiction about a disease that remains the number one killer of men and women. Taped before an audience at the Harvard School of Government, this hour-long lecture features Dr. William Castelli, Director of the world-famous Framingham Heart Study—one of the largest longitudinal studies following the health of over 5,000 residents from one small Massachusetts town.

Using humor, compassion, and a wonderful bedside manner, Dr. Castelli exposes the truth about heart disease. Some little know facts about women include:
• Heart disease is the number one killer of women over fifty
• Women don't always have "classic warning signs" of a heart attack, and are therefore often misdiagnosed
• Women are more likely than men to have a second heart attack and are less likely to survive
• Until recently research on heart disease has focused almost exclusively on men

Heart to Heart also shares the experiences of patients who have lived and learned, including: a child with high cholesterol, a woman who was misdiagnosed, and a man under forty who suffered a heart attack, a growing phenomenon.

The bottom line of Heart to Heart is that taking care of your heart is hard work, but well worth it. Dr. Castelli gives viewers a path to follow with the latest on diet, stress, and exercise. Includes recipe booklet.