July 16th, 2008
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 […]
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July 6th, 2008
Here we go again.. or so it seems. Your mental health is so important in how you deal and heal from illness. Depressed patients are more at risk for developing complications following a heart attack. It is very important that we take check and let ourselves feel and be scared and all that comes with […]
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June 23rd, 2008
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 […]
By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments
June 7th, 2008
Heart transplants save the lives of more than 2,100 Americans every year. But many more patients are still waiting for a new heart to become available, and hundreds will die without ever getting a second chance at life.
With that being said researchers are asking the question, “will heart transplants become a thing of the past?” […]
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June 5th, 2008
This should really come of no surprise. Amphetamines may place young adults at a higher risk of suffering a heart attack. We all know that methamphetamines and amphetamines are bad for your health. These type of drugs are also legally used to treat ADD in some young persons.
“Most people aren’t surprised that methamphetamines and amphetamines […]
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June 4th, 2008
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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May 18th, 2008
The older we get the harder it is for us to make it through surgical procedures and invasive treatments. That is somewhat tongue in cheek due to the fact that as we get older we need more treatment and surgeries. This also proves true for heart patients and more specifically heart valve patients.
There is a […]
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May 13th, 2008
Here at the health and wellness channel it is theme day- and it is all about mental health and Alicia has the roundup at Mental Health Notes. With that being said, I have a few things to offer you…
Increased risk of heart disease due to depression is right on the mark and is a vicious […]
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May 11th, 2008
I was examining my search items for this site as of recent and found quite a few for heterotaxy. So this is a Dear Kendra of sorts…
What is heterotaxy?
First, heterotaxy has a prevalence of less then 0.1% but is thought to account for1% of infant mortality. Heterotaxy is also called asplenia. Asplenia is a […]
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May 3rd, 2008
More and more children with congenital heart disease are receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to maintain proper heart rhythm. ICDs were first introduced for adults in the 1980s, but little is known about how well they work in children, who account for less than 1 percent of recipients. A report in the April 29 Journal of […]
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