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Taxing certain foodstuffs in the UK could prevent up to 3200 deaths from heart attacks and stroke every year, suggests a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health .
Well, hot dog! Literally huh? This is what they have come up with in order to “gently force” us to make better food […]
Have you ever noticed how many things take a Hearty Shape? Check this one out… See how many you can find in your travels today.
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This one is for my middle daughter that insists she wants to be a school nurse. Just like mommy and my Aunt J, who is a teacher, she says. I can help people and work in school teaching kids. I hope she carries on with that aspiration because we need those school […]
While I sit here on this Sunday morning
I am lost in thought, almost snoring
Do all people think about the things that I do?
Like pondering heart attacks, arrests and diseases that leave them feeling blue
Probably not, at least that is what I suppose
They leave it to us, the cardiac nurses that have to dabble in ones […]
A study by the University of Alberta and McGill University found that 14.3 percent of women had worsening depression one year after their initial myocardial infarctions. Eleven percent of men studied had a similar experience.
Well if this isn’t a no brainer, huh? It is a huge deal. Your heart, the muscle that is responsible for […]
Ok, you want to know how to go green to save your heart? How about a salad a day, that’s green, right? And no, don’t use the blue cheese dressing! And then there is always the green apple, zucchini, spinach, only non coumadin user please, and broccoli. All are rich in […]
Individuals admitted for heart attack to a hospital ranked as one of “America’s Best” by U.S. News & World Report are less likely to die within 30 days than those admitted to a non-ranked hospital, according to a report in the July 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Surprising? […]
In optimizing the benefits of music, we need to recognize that while this modality can be effectively provided in a passive manner, as in the study by Hatem et al., its effects can be enhanced by the participation of a music therapist. Music therapists integrate their technique into the care of cardiac patients, assisting them […]
Can you die from a broken heart? Heck yeah! At least that is what a 50 year old women found out while visiting her sister-in-law’s grave. Thank goodness she had an AICD, pacer-defibrillator. And that very same AICD also showed that it fired during the actual burial as well.
The unidentified […]
Have you ever heard someone say, “well they are 80 years old, what do you expect”? Answer please… I expect all patients to be privy to treatment regardless of age. So, if my grandmother is 82, but has no health history, and is wild and lively, then treat her condition. True, some older […]
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