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A Hearty Life

Archive for October 2007

October 16th, 2007

Top 10 Hearty Trivia Facts…

I am bringing you a list of 10 Hearty trivia facts. Some are oh so crazy and off the wall, others are expected. Enjoy! And don’t forget to check out all of my fellow science and health bloggers “top 10 lists”. I think it is a fun way to relay information, both clinically […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 12 comments

October 15th, 2007

ICD Recall For Medtronic Yet Again

Medtronic disclosed the latest issue early Monday, saying that it decided to pull the “Sprint Fidelis” brand of leads for defibrillators, or ICDs, because they are prone to fracturing and potentially causing major problems. The issue may have contributed to five deaths, Medtronic said.
Here we go again. This can’t be good given the already dark […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

October 13th, 2007

Hypertensive Care Based On Race

This is a tricky one. I think that so many different outside factors could also cloud the findings in this racially based study. Is seems that if you are African American or Hispanic, you don’t want to be hypertensive in Florida, USA. Yes, there was actually a study done on this. […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

October 11th, 2007

Spekked.com Is Officially Launched As Your Gateway To Entertainment

This is a bit off topic today, well a little off topic as it is still b5media news. Here at b5, we have launched Spekked.com. Consider this your gateway to all entertainment blogging news. It is like a 1 stop shop. How exactly does this Spekked.com work?
Spekked consolidates the content from […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

October 9th, 2007

A Bad Marriage Can Put You At A Higher Risk For Heart Disease

So, more proof that stress can “kill you”, or at least make you sick. We all know that turmoil and constant marital strife can make your days seem very long and your life feel plain out miserable but it can also put you at higher risk for heart disease.
In a study of 9,011 British […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 5 comments

October 9th, 2007

New Stem Cell Study Examines Exact Use In Regenerating Damaged Cardiac Tissue

On October 3rd, University of Florida doctors treated their first patient in a new study that is evaluating stem cells and their exact role in regenerating blood flow to the heart. They are testing this new and experimental procedure in patients that continue to live with angina and severe heart disease despite all attempts […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

October 6th, 2007

New Sites Around The Science And Health Channel At b5media

The science and health channel here at b5media has launched some new blogs over the last few weeks. We have an eating disorder called Breaking the Mirror. We have a new fertility site called Fertility Notes and a great new pediatric blog, Kids Health Notes.
Grace at Kids Health Notes is a veteran b5′er […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

October 5th, 2007

Left Main Coronary Heart Disease Is Proven To Be Inherited

Heart disease of the left main coronary artery has been found to be an inherited condition. Families tend to “share” this form of heart disease.
“In our study we focused on the coronary disease pattern underlying coronary artery disease and found that, for left main coronary artery disease, 49 percent of the phenotypic variation that […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 3 comments

October 4th, 2007

Panic Attacks In Women Directly Linked To Cardiac Events

Do you worry yourself to death? Are you anxious and easily panicked? I am a very anxious person by nature and tend to worry about things that I can’t even control. But there is new research that states that women who have at least one full blown panic attack increase their risk […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments

October 1st, 2007

Blog Action Day Is October the 15th

As I mentioned over at my other site, Diabetes Notes, blog action Day is October 15th.  Just what the heck am I talking about?  Over 6000 different blogs, ranging from flowers to sports to music have decided to use this day to speak about one important subject… the environment.  Gabrielle over at Fertility Notes reminded […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments