May 4th, 2007
Thanks to more effective medicines and treatments, death among heart failure patients has halved over the last 6 years. Also, incidence of stroke and heart attack after discharge fell over the first half of this decade.
— The death rate for patients admitted with a severe heart attack, where the arteries are completely blocked, […]
By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments
March 7th, 2007
When you meet someone new, do you ever wonder what’s in their medicine chest? Oh, ok. Maybe it’s just me. ;) Fortunately, my new b5media colleague, Rebecca Lehman of Mother Earth’s Garden, is happy to indulge me.
Ha! What isn’t in my medicine cabinet should be more the question! I have all the basics of […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 3 comments
March 1st, 2007
Young Matt Scott (and I say young because he is about a decade younger than me *sob*) is here with us today trying to figure out what the heck is in his medicine chest.
Matt: I actually don’t have medicine in my medicine chest. The only medicine I have in my apartment is a bottle of […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 3 comments
February 23rd, 2007
Mark Herpel of Digital Money World is back visiting A Hearty Life! He’s previously shared his experience with congestive heart failure in a three part series. Today, he tells us what’s in his medicine drawer.
I think I might win this one.
It is actually a big drawer not a cabinet.
* Metoprolol Tartrate
[…]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 0 comments
February 20th, 2007
Martin Neumann of The Blog Columnist needs to take some time out this weekend and clean up his medicine cabinet. Check out the mess he’s unabashedly sharing with us.
Well my medicine stash is a complete mess.
I have a ton of unopened vitamins bottles ranging from A to Z - that all have use by dates […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment
February 20th, 2007
In the National Geographic’s heart feature this month, I was really astounded that the doctors featured took statins as a preventive measure against heart disease. In the UK, there is some discussion of making simvastatin widely available to the two thirds of Brits who would qualify as having cholesterol levels high enough to medicate. Nigel […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 3 comments
February 16th, 2007
As you may or may not know, A Hearty Life’s parent company is b5media and today, CEO Jeremy Wright shares with us the contents of his medicine cabinet.
Painkillers: Tylenol, Tylenol 3, Ibuprofen, Morphine, Aleve, Aspirin
Allergy meds: Flonase, Allegra, Dextera
Muscle relaxants: unsure of brand, but they’re big and blue [editor’s note: Sure it’s not Viagra?!]
Vitamins (take […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 0 comments
February 12th, 2007
Today, we have a celebrity guest for the What’s in your medicine chest? series - the recently deceased Anna Nicole Smith. TMZ.com posted photos of the inside of her refrigerator in the Bahamas. One shows that she had a large bottle methadone along with other vials of injectable drugs.
If Dr. Wes can post about Anna […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 5 comments
February 9th, 2007
Darlene McDaniel of Tough Questions? Great Answers! is letting us snoop in her medicine cabinet today.
First I have been sick the last few days, the first day I went to look for something to eliminate the pain and the middle shelf fell into my sink. All of those items are still on the sink…
In any […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 3 comments
February 6th, 2007
Today we get to peek inside Veggie Chic Jul’s medicine chest and it’s just what the doctor ordered! I’ve been working through boxes of decongestants along with cough and cold medicine. (By the way, Otrivin is amazing stuff for nasal decongestion.) Funny she has so many Dove products because it’s one of my favorite brands […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 2 comments
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