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This week, I’m featuring Wisdom Heart at both A Hearty Life and Genetics and Health. Wisdom Heart is written by Michael, father to Sophia, a toddler born with DiGeorge Syndrome and congenital heart defects.
She recently made a visit to the cath lab where the news wasn’t as good as Michael and his wife, Patty, […]
This week’s Heart Condition Saturday focuses on atrial septal defect (ASD), a hole in the heart between the two upper chambers called atria. One atrium is reserved for blood going to the lungs to be reoxygenated while the other is for oxygen-rich blood that should be pumped out to the rest of the body. […]
The American Heart Association sponsored Cholesterol Low Down this past week which included an audo Web chat available at Medialink. Participants were given the opportunity to ask experts about cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.
Join the free Cholesterol Low Down program and get:
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Low-fat, low-cholesterol recipes,
Cholesterol, nutrition and physical activity tips from American Heart Association experts
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In case you had any doubts about the trustworthiness of information here at A Hearty Life, I have previously posted a full disclosure all about me and this blog. This blog is also listed in the Genetics and Health Honor Roll. Now, an independent body, the Health On the Net Foundation has certified A […]
How lucky can you get? From CBS News:
Carolyn Holt was alone in her car on Friday, driving in St. Charles, Mo., when her heart stopped beating. She drifted across several lanes of traffic and then crashed into a guard rail. Other drivers stopped to help and by sheer luck, two of them were nurses […]
Implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) may be less likely to fail now than before, but still malfunction 20 times more often than pacemakers and need to be replaced an average of 26.5 months after initial implant. Replacing problematic ICD’s is no easy matter, a survey of Canadian ICD implanting centers found:
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5.8% of patients who had ICDs […]
Smokers endanger their own health and the health of everyone exposed to their smoke. Nothing makes me cringe more than seeing a child’s caretaker puffing away on a cancer/heart disease stick right next to the darling child. Just in Georgia alone, 423,000 children are exposed to smoke at home. And in the United […]
For some parents, their child’s height and weight are of primary concern. In Asia, many children are stuffed full of food from morning to night because the chubby look is not only “in,” it’s considered healthier. Pity my son who took after his father, instead of after me. ;)
The truth is, breastfed […]
My other health blog, Genetics and Health, is one-year-old this week!
To celebrate, I’ll be giving away a:
$10 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE
Find out how you can help me celebrate at Genetics and Health.
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This past week, Merrill Goozner, author of The $800 Million Pill : The Truth behind the Cost of New Drugs, wrote about blood pressure control pills. He discusses the controversial labeling of antihypertensive medications.
When it came to patients who already suffer from the various complications of untreated high blood pressure, the guidelines turned quite […]
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