A Hearty Life

May 2nd, 2008

April’s Health and Wellness Roundup… Best posts from the bloggers

Here is an April roundup from the Health and Wellness channel. Enjoy!
There is something for everyone (breastfeeding or not) in the mix of the Breastfeeding 1-2-3 highlights from April 2008:
Free Pattern for Sewing Your Own Crew Neck Over-the-Head Baby Bibs
Judge Denies FLDS Request to Keep Mothers with Nursing Babies
World Health Day 2008: Protecting Health from […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

August 7th, 2006

Divorce and Heart Disease

In a study that’s sure to cause consternation amongst divorced women (and possibly the men they marry after divorce), researchers have found that women have a higher risk of heart disease after divorce as compared to those who stay married.

Women who divorce are 60 per cent more likely to develop heart disease in later life […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 2 comments

June 8th, 2006

ACE Inihibitors for Blood Pressure and Birth Defects

Blood pressure control is critically important for pregnant women and is a significant risk factor for preeclampsia. Up to now, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have not been prescribed for women past their first trimester because they’re known to cause birth defects. A study of 29, 507 infants suggests that ACE inhibitors, such as captopril […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 0 comments

June 8th, 2006

Women More Likely To Die After Stroke and Heart Attack

More evidence that women are not the same as men, especially when it comes to surviving heart attacks and strokes. In a recent study based in Canada, researchers found that women who are hospitalized after a heart attack or stroke are 16 per cent more likely than men to die after a heart attack […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment

May 8th, 2006

Cedars-Sinai Women’s Heart Program

The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has a special Women’s Heart Program with facilities tailored specifically for helping women reduce the risk of heart disease. Their personalized risk assessment and diagnostic evaluation is very comprehensive and they ave experts who give patients lifestyle advice such as:

Blood pressure management through nutrition, exercise and medication
Cholesterol […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 0 comments