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A Hearty Life

July 23rd, 2008

What do you use for flavor?

Mrs Dash or Old Bay?

Good ol’ Misses

Old Bay

Niether

Salt and Pepper please

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By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

July 20th, 2008

Depression and the increased risk of heart disease in women

13 out of the top 20 feeds on my cardiac news reader were all pointing at one topic. And I mean all of them…
Depression, women and heart disease.  I have written about this so many times in the past. Our emotional and physical self all works as one. Never be too proud to admit when […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments

July 20th, 2008

Specialized medicine- isn’t it grand?

Thought I would share this funny little joke that I ran across today… since cardiology is so darn specialized…
What’s the difference between a general practitioner and a specialist?
One treats what you have, the other thinks you have what he treats.
I actually chuckled out loud!
via Professional Jokes 
Tags: cardiologist, cardiology, funny humor, heart-disease, […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

July 20th, 2008

Journal 7/20/08- A1c of 4!

So the scale has not moved any more but it is steady and I will take that. My BS have been good- between 85-100. I am checking my BS 2 hrs post dinner and checking a fasting BS every other day. My most recent labs were awesome and that made me very happy. A1c was […]

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July 17th, 2008

A Hearty Life mentioned as one of the top 100 diet and fitness blogs… on X-Ray technicians school dot Org

I want to thank Kelly from X-Ray Technician Schools dot Org for placing A Hearty Life on their list of “Top 100 Diet and Fitness Blogs“.  
Kelly emailed me today to share the news and you should go check it out. They have a great list of diet and fitness sites categorized from diets to vegetarianism […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

July 16th, 2008

Optimism today keeps a heart attack away…

Here is something that should make you smile. Optimism is good for heart health. Yes… emotional wellbeing. I know that so many disregard how we as patients and people are felling and coping, but it is so important! I am a firm believer.
Optimism is good for heart health, at least among men, a new study […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

July 16th, 2008

Gold medalist Gyorgy Kolonics dies of heart failure at 36

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 […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

July 13th, 2008

Heart Failure Center is a great tool for a scary disease process

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 […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

July 13th, 2008

Are school lunches heart healthy?

Do you think that school lunches are healthy? I remember growing up- pizza, sloppy joe, burger and fries… Now there is baked chicken, spaghetti and meat sauce, tuna on wheat, peanut butter celery and a salad and veggie on every tray. Much better then what I remember. Do you think school lunches are heart healthy?
When […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

July 13th, 2008

Children being prescribed statins in US as young as 8

Leading US doctors are saying that children as young as 8 should receive statins as a course of treatment for high cholesterol. Currently in many places such as the UK kids with a rare gene fault are being prescribed statins but US pediatricians are taking it one step further.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, however, believes […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments