Assessments
Coronary Artery Disease Assessment
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease. It is the leading cause of death in the United States in both men and women. Determine your risk for developing CAD using this assessment tool.
Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment
The questions in this assessment ask about risk factors—conditions that may put you at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) states that the more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to develop diabetes.
Understanding Your Response to Stress
Recognizing the symptoms of stress in your life is one step toward managing it. This assessment will help you learn your particular stress symptoms.
Calculators
Adult BMI Calculator
Experts are increasingly urging people to know their BMI, a figure that takes into account not just weight but also height to indicate body fat.
Cost of Drinking Calculator
Drinking can be an expensive habit. While you may not notice a dollar here or two dollars there, consider how much you spend per week and per year on alcohol.
Cost of Smoking Calculator
There isn't much good that can be said about smoking. Now, on a positive note, do you know how much money you can save if you quit smoking today?
Target Heart Rate Calculator
Your target heart rate is the range at which sustained physical activity - running, cycling, swimming laps, or any other aerobic exercise - is considered safe and effective.
Quizzes
Blood Pressure Quiz
Do you know your risk factors for high blood pressure? You can’t do anything about some risk factors. But other risk factors can be changed. Learn about the risk factors for high blood pressure by taking this quiz.
Cholesterol Quiz
An excess of cholesterol can build up in the arteries, narrowing them and slowing or blocking blood flow to the heart. Take this quiz to learn more about cholesterol and its role in your health.
Coronary Artery Disease and Angioplasty Quiz
Atherosclerosis, or coronary artery disease (CAD), plays a major role in the leading cause of death in this country: heart attack. Learn more about this disease and a common procedure used to treat it.
CPR and Defibrillator Quiz
Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death in adults in the United States. Knowing CPR may help you save someone's life. Learn more about CPR by taking this quiz.
Diabetes: Test Your Knowledge
Early management and control of diabetes will help avoid complications that may arise later. This multiple-choice quiz will help you with important answers now.
Dietary Fiber Quiz
You hear a lot about fiber and why you need it. But what is it? Learn more about this important part of your diet by taking this quiz.
Drug Interaction Quiz
True or false: A drug-alcohol interaction can lead to extreme drowsiness and other effects. Do you know the answer to this and other questions about drug interaction?
Food Quiz
Answer this one: Which ethnic food offers healthful, low-fat choices?
Heart Disease Risk Quiz
Knowing what causes heart disease and how you can prevent it can help you live a healthier, longer life.
Heart Health Quiz
Heart-attack deaths have fallen 60 percent in three decades, according to Daniel Levy, M.D., director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study. Still, millions of Americans suffer from cardiovascular diseases linked with heart attacks and strokes, according to the American Heart Association.
Heart Quiz for Women Only
As a woman, do you know what your risk is for developing heart disease? You might be surprised. Take this quiz, based on information from the American Heart Association, and see how much you know about heart disease in women.
Nicotine Quiz
Learn how dependence on nicotine develops, and how it can affect your body.
Stress Quiz
Stress is a fact of life for most of us. Too much stress can have harmful effects on the body, mind, and emotions. Learn more about stress and its effects by taking this quiz.
Trans Fat Facts and Fiction
Think all fats are alike? Think again. Take this quiz to learn about trans fats and their impact on your health.