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Ontario, Canada has developed a new standard when dealing with unexplained cardiac deaths and autopsies.
While the new system, developed by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, will likely provide important answers to grieving families, researchers also hope it will save lives by identifying family members who […]
Remember when beloved Cheers and Frasier star Kelsey Grammer had a ’small’ heart attack last month. Well, he is back in the hospital. It is so scary. Even for celebrities- remember they are real people as well. He had just come out last week and stated how scary his heart attack was. Mr. Grammer said […]
What is the fountain of youth? Hmm… endurance training. Or so it seems.
In a new study older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts- and women fair better then men.
Our hearts suck up glucose while in a high energy activity- thus protecting our heart against […]
Between the years 1997 and 2003 Gyorgy Kolonics won 15 world championships in canoeing. Gyorgy was also a canoeing gold medalist at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.
Sadly, at 36 years old Gyorgy Kolonics died Tuesday after collapsing in his canoe while training for the Beijing Games.
The Hungarian Olympic Committee said that he lost consciousness and […]
I have been getting many questions about heart failure lately. It is a scary disease process and there isn’t a heck of a lot out there in way of resources. I did write about a great heart failure resource previous so I am going to share it with you again. I hope that it gives […]
George “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday at the age of 71. George Carlin was well on his way to being a seasoned and all out comedian by the time I became old enough to watch one of his shows. I remember a lot of bad […]
There are huge socioeconomic factors that play into heart disease and death. Mayo Clinic researchers present new data suggesting that people with lower incomes and education levels are more likely to die after heart attack than more affluent, educated people.
Reasons being education’s positive effect on factors that include job opportunities, income, housing, access to nutritious […]
Keeping with this months theme day here at the Health and Wellness channel- ‘School is out for the summer’… which means summer camps.
Thanks to many of camps around the world- kids that have disabilities or special needs including congenital heart defects and severe heart disease can take place in the summer fun all the same.
I […]
Following the untimely death of Tim Russert there seems to be a new concern for heart health in men over 50.
Few people understand that coronary heart disease is still the number one killer of men, responsible for more than half of deaths among men. Also, more than half of these deaths are not preceded […]
Bo Diddley, one of the founding fathers of rock ‘n roll died of heart failure on June 2nd.
Bo released 11 albums between the year 1958-1963 and received numerous awards: He was inducted into the Washington Area Music Association’s Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the […]
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