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A Hearty Life

May 3rd, 2008

Younger women dying of heart disease

Heart disease mortality among younger women is on the rise. With all that we know and all the accessible forms of information and treatment this is really a sad finding.
Smoking, obesity, prevalence of diabetes, lack of activity and negative lifestyle changes all contribute to increased cardiac disease and death in women below the age of […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

December 7th, 2007

Nintendo’s Wii Proves To Help In Physical Therapy For Post Heart Surgery Patients

We all know that daily exercise is a part of a healthy cardiac lifestyle. We also know that it is tough to aways make time for our very needed exercise and we tend to fall into the “rut” that is associated with these all to common happenings. Hey, we are not perfect, right?
I do have […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 3 comments

September 27th, 2007

Cardiac Rehabilitation Not Being Taken Advantage Of Consistantly

I am a bit disappointed at the amount of cardiac patients that do not take advantage of the cardiac rehabilitation programs that are offered.  I know that we are all busy and want to “get back to life” as quick as possible but there is overwhelming evidence that suggests how beneficial a rehab program can […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

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