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A Hearty Life

Archive for October 2007

October 29th, 2007

Could Anti-Hypertensives Be Used To Treat Alzheimer’s Disease?

And yet another link to Alzheimer’s disease from another chronic disease process… It seems that anti-hypertensives have proven to benefit in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Such implications could aid in the ultimate cure and care of this dreadful mind altering disease. Just what anti-hypertensives made the list?
…significantly benefit from the […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

October 29th, 2007

5 Fun Hearty Facts To Share With Our Youth…

Here are 5 fun facts, well not really fun but useful, to share with your kids, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, neighbors, students and… well, you get the point. It is so darn important to educate our youth. After all, they are our future…
1. The human heart looks like a piece of red meat, aka steak or […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

October 29th, 2007

Key Enzyme Identified That Can Reduce Heart Disease

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified the role of a key enzyme called CEH in reducing heart disease, paving the way for new target therapies to reduce plaques in the arteries and perhaps in the future, help predict a patient’s susceptibility to heart disease.
So another words, we can actually reduce existing plaques and not just […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

October 24th, 2007

Cardiac Quiz With My 5 Year Old Daughter

Over at my other site Diabetes Notes I quizzed my eldest daughter about her diabetic I.Q.. She did fairly well. I was impressed and had fun doing that with her so I have decided to do the same thing here at A Hearty Life with my middle cherub. She is 5 1/2 years old and […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 3 comments

October 23rd, 2007

Organ Donation Is Imperative For Children With Congenital Heart Disease

Just a follow up to my last post about congenital heart disease… While searching through for images that portray congenital heart defects, I can across a few websites. I have to admit, after 2 minutes I was in tears. Not just boo hoo tears, but full out sobbing. Why was the only word that passed […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

October 22nd, 2007

A Fatal Congenital Heart Defect Is Identified

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered a previously unknown congenital disease that is caused by a genetic defect resulting in muscle cells not being able to store energy from sugar. In the worst case, the disease can lead to the heart stopping.
The researchers identified three sisters who had previously had an undetermined disease. Their […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

October 21st, 2007

Try Simulated Open Heart Surgery… It’s fun!

Oh my goodness. I found the coolest simulated open heart surgery “game”. It is very elementary on an anatomical level and has 3 different levels you can choose from. At the surgeon level, that would be mid-grade, I was successful. At the specialist level… not so much! In fact they advised me to […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments

October 20th, 2007

Increased Risk Of Heart Disease Due To Mental Illness

This is interesting enough… mental illness and heart disease. Yes, they do go hand in hand.
Newcomer, who is the professor of […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 4 comments

October 19th, 2007

Garlic And Blood Pressure- What’s The Real Deal?

So, I am posing a question to you. You know how garlic is supposed to help with high blood pressure and aid in the fight against heart disease? And you know how there is research every single day that examines the same ol’ same old? Yes, this is true of the garlic myth as well.
Eating […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 3 comments

October 17th, 2007

Good Enough To Warrant A Repeat Performance- Top 10 Lists

Seriously speaking, the “top 10″ lists that were offered up by me and my fellow bloggers here at b5media’a science and health channel were really good.  Is that tooting your own horn?  I guess it is but oh well!  Here is a nice, pretty, concise little list for you of all the “top 10″ lists… […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

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