Cardiovascular Disease(CVD) Remains the Nations No. 1 Killer-33% of all Americans live with one or more types of CVD.

Leading cardiologist Christopher Cannon spearheads collaboration with Handbooks in Health Care Company to equip Docs with pocket size solution in the fight against cardiovascular disease 

NEWTOWN, Pa. -- According to the CDC, cardiovascular disease claimed nearly 900,000 lives (by 2005 estimates) which means every day of the year 2400 CVD-related deaths occur. That's more than the lives claimed by Cancer, HIV/AIDS, and accidents combined.

Eighty million Americans (nearly 1 in 3 people in this country) have not just one but several types of cardiovascular disease, which includes hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and diabetes. Typical red flags for these patients may include obesity, tobacco use, poor diet, physical inactivity, and alcohol abuse.

Complications of cardiovascular diseases contributes to more than 80 million doctor visits a year and 6 million hospitalizations keeping medical professionals busier than ever. Additionally, physicians, in order to effectively treat patients are charged with keeping up on all the new information on the latest clinical trials, advances in treatment, and of course practice guidelines, which are often being updated. The onslaught of information gets lengthy and hard to sift through especially when a lot of doctors seeing these patient types are at the primary care level.

A Philadelphia-area medical publisher, Handbooks in Health Care Company, believes it has a pocket size solution for doctors who need this crucial information at their fingertips. Handbooks in Health Care has teamed up with Christopher Cannon, MD, Harvard Cardiologist and leading researcher in the ground breaking PROVE-IT trial (which showed a more powerful cholesterol drug to be of greater benefit in Heart Disease patients) and Penn Cardiologist Nehal Mehta, MD, to publish the new pocket guide titled Contemporary Guide to Cardiovascular Therapy[R].

According to Dr. Cannon, "Previously published comprehensive textbooks can quickly become out of date with crucial missing informationOIn a busy practice setting, the ability for a doctor to have crucial information on cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment at ones fingertips is an invaluable resource (for both doctors and patients) and one that I hope this guide will provide on a daily basis."

According to Scott Anzel, Handbooks in Health Care Publisher, "We believe that the new guide will make cardiovascular disease awareness and referencing more efficient for busy doctors who don't have time to hit the shelf or log on in a busy patient environment."

Handbooks in Health Care Company publishes a line of pocket sized medical handbooks written by top experts on a wide variety of clinical care topics, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infectious diseases, urology, women's health, psychiatry, and neurology, quickly and cost effectively. All HHCbooks retail for under $25 a copy.

Visit http://www.hhcbooks.com for more information about Handbooks in Health Care Company and its many health-related products. Contact Scott Anzel at [e-mail] or [phone].