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A Hearty Life

June 17th, 2008

Theme day- School is out… Summer camps for children with heart disease

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 […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

December 15th, 2007

Our Children’s Blood Pressure Really Worries Me!

I’m not gonna lie to ya! I’ve got nothing tonight. I have been searching and searching for news worthy, exciting, groundbreaking information or research and have yet to find anything so I will share a little something that I have been observing a lot of lately.
High blood pressure among our children… Working in an urgent […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments

October 29th, 2007

5 Fun Hearty Facts To Share With Our Youth…

Here are 5 fun facts, well not really fun but useful, to share with your kids, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, neighbors, students and… well, you get the point. It is so darn important to educate our youth. After all, they are our future…
1. The human heart looks like a piece of red meat, aka steak or […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

September 19th, 2007

A Hearty Story From Me To You

Okay, so I had let everyone know over on my other blog, Diabetes Notes, about my crazy week, but I forgot to mention it over here. My lil’ one had surgery last Friday and she is having a very tough time. It seems that she has developed an infection at her surgery site, […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

July 7th, 2006

Father Accidentally Stabs Son in Heart

In a game of pretend gladiators with his police officer father, 11-year-old Conor Johnson was stabbed in the heart and died four short hours later. His mother, Sharon Johnson, claimed that his medical care was inadequate with no specialist cardio-thoracic surgeons available.
Ian Johnson, 40, told a coroner’s inquest how the four-inch stainless steel knife “slipped […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 3 comments