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AHA Offers Online Heart Advice
The Associated Press
Oct 20 2000 9:07PM ET
DALLAS (AP) - The American Heart Association on Friday unveiled a Web site that individually tailors advice on the risks of heart attacks and strokes and how to avoid them.
The program, at www.onelife.americanheart.org, is free. Dr. Rose Marie Robertson, president of the AHA, said the Web site should not be viewed as a substitute for going to see a physician.
Users of the program are asked for information about physical activity, nutrition, smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol and medication compliance. The responses will remain confidential, but aggregate data will be stored and used by the heart association.
The frequency of the tailored messages, which come as e-mails, is up to the user. Someone without access to a computer can fill out the information at the Web site and request information and support be mailed to them.
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