If you think someone may be having a stroke, act F.A.S.T. and take a simple test courtesy of the National Stroke Association(NSA). Make your congregation a healthy congregation by empowering your people with our resources below that promote a healthy mind and body. Plus, click here for an NSA brochure on African Americans and strokes.
The Heart of the Matter
This new edition of The Heart of the Matter is revised and updated to detail the most cutting-edgeinformation on cardiovascular disease, blood lipids, and stroke,
as well as the role spirituality plays in recovery and the most
current—and successful—medications and therapies available for African Americans.
High Blood Pressure: The Black Man and Woman's Guide To Living With Hypertension
Each year, too many African America men and women suffer heart attacks,
have strokes, and become ill as a result of having uncontrolled blood
pressure. In this essential book, a well-known medical authority on
high blood pressure (hypertension) in African Americans and a leading
cardiothoracic surgeon come together to tell us what we need to know to
stay healthy and achieve a better quality of life if diagnosed with
hypertension.
