Taking on Heart Disease - Hardcover

"An inspirational and informative book." --Denton A. Cooley, M.D., president and surgeon-in-chief of the Texas Heart Institute in Houston "Larry King has done it again. The personal stories in this book provide useful information and hope for multitudes of people who are at risk for, or victims of, heart disease. I salute Larry for helping to mend broken hearts." --P.K. Shah, M.D., Shapell and Webb chair and director of the Cardiology and Atherosclerosis Research Center at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA "This book provides a unique perspective on heart disease.... There's still an exceptional need for greater awareness...." --Eric J. Topol, M.D., provost of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, chief academic officer at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and professor of medicine and genetics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland

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 Taking On Heart Disease, more than a dozen celebrities from the arts, sports, politics and journalism team up with The Larry King Cardiac Foundation and Spotlight Health to speak candidly and movingly about the battles they have waged with heart disease. In the process, they are us with the knowledge we need to fight - and eventually win - the war against the No. 1 killer. For millions who face the terrifying reality of heart disease, Taking On Heart Disease will provide hope, comfort and inspiration.