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These are the things that you do not think about when speaking of cardiac surgery. Doctors performing heart surgery are at risk during cardiac procedures and also face health risks, namely to their eyes.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is helping the medical community to address this problem through a major international initiative aimed at training […]
I was asked about this twice in the last week- As a nurse, do you see many procedures and types of treatments that question “ethics”- with elders? You know that whole quantity or quality? The thing is there is so much technology and advances in medications that we can keep a very sick heart going […]
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Over 20% of all diabetics have heart disease. That is why it is so scary when new research and studies come out that prove diabetic medication to harm your heart. And here we go again… Two Wake Forest University School of Medicine faculty members sifted through three trials to come to the conclusion that certain […]
This is big here in the States. Please mark your calendars for next Friday night… Stand up to Cancer. This is a great event for a great cause. Karen- our Pink Ribbon Review blogger, has a complete list of all the stars that are taking part. Will you?
Next Friday night, September 5, 2008, at 8:00 […]
Oh boy- this week is flying by! My diet has been so darn good this week- I think it is because the kids are back in school. The snacks are not around and I actually have a second to cut up some fruit or mix some granola and yogurt, it is like a vacation. I […]
The Olympics are officially over- I am sad. I really watched the heck out of them this time around. My kids were in on it as well- they loved watching and it was so cool to see them dream- what if…
How about you? Did you watch the summer Olympics more this time around? Was it […]
A 92 year old Australian women is the first to undergo a ground breaking procedure. In the radical procedure, a new aortic valve is attached to a long rod and fed through a small incision in the groin up to the the heart, where it defrosts and expands. Wow!
This will take the place of open […]
The final event of the Olympics leaves me wondering… just how do these men run a 26 mile race? The mental and physical strength that it must take to complete such a task is mind blowing. I searched around to figure out how the body and human heart can stay strong and continue to beat […]
I received an email asking about a post I published a bit back about beet juice and hypertension. The reason that beet juice helps in lowering high blood pressure because they are high in dietary nitrate and increase the amount of nitric oxide in the body. Nitric oxide (NO) helps blood vessels relax, lowering blood […]
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