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May 16th, 2008

Top 5 Health and Wellness Roundup- Top 5 Posts From Our Bloggers

Alicia said it best… “Here at b5media’s Health & Wellness Channel, we’re always doing something. This week, we’re rounding up our “Top 5″ posts.” And with that here we go- we are giving you our top 5 picks from our respected sites.
We will kick it off with Alicia at Mental Health Notes- She did […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

January 12th, 2008

Anxiety Grossly Increases Your Risk Of A Heart Attack- No Worries Though

This is very tongue in cheek. Anxiety increases your heart attack risk by 30-40%… but don’t worry over it! Oh boy.
The role of anxiety in hiking heart attack risk also goes beyond the effects of depression, anger, hostility, Type A behavior and other negative emotions. “These psychological factors are important in predicting the risk […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2007

Has Chantix Done You Wrong?

I am asking for your expertise and experiences tonight! Has anyone out there tried the Chantix drug to cease their nasty ol’ smoking habit? I know that with every single cardiac patient we do the whole stop smoking spiel and are now offering up a huge number of prescriptions for this “magic” little medicine.
I am […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

September 8th, 2007

Sleep Deprivation Causes High Blood Pressure In Women

The study, published in the journal Hypertension, revealed women who slept five hours or less were twice as likely to suffer from hypertension as women who slept seven hours or more a night. There was no difference between those men sleeping less than five hours and those sleeping seven hours or more.
Well great! You […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 3 comments