A Hearty Life

October 17th, 2008

How stressful is work?

Is the accumulation of work stress associated with higher risks of incident CHD and risk factors?
Is this association stronger among working-age populations?
Does work stress affect CHD directly through neuroendocrine mechanisms, or indirectly through behavioral risk factors for CHD, or both?

A few questions for you above. And I know you know the answers! Yes, yes and […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

January 27th, 2008

Is Your Heart Stressed At Work?

Is the accumulation of work stress associated with higher risks of incident CHD and risk factors?
Is this association stronger among working-age populations?
Does work stress affect CHD directly through neuroendocrine mechanisms, or indirectly through behavioral risk factors for CHD, or both?

A few questions for you above. And I know you know the answers! Yes, yes […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments

July 6th, 2007

Answer Is In… You Can Die From A Broken Heart!

Can you die from a broken heart? Heck yeah! At least that is what a 50 year old women found out while visiting her sister-in-law’s grave. Thank goodness she had an AICD, pacer-defibrillator. And that very same AICD also showed that it fired during the actual burial as well.
The unidentified […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

August 8th, 2006

Hearty Habits #9: Reduce Stress

Today’s Hearty Habits from Cory Aldrich of Baldiness are good to remember especially considering my post yesterday regarding divorce and heart disease. Also don’t forget about the probable effect of stress on Enron executive Ken Lay’s untimely death.
I selected the best genetic material available from my parents in order to have a naturally high metabolism […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 4 comments