Some people may know heart attack symptoms differ in men and women, but more research shows significant anatomical differences that can affect diagnosis, treatment
Educating Women to Learn, Prevent, and Heal From Heart Attacks
American Heart Month: Women and men have major heart differences
February 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Study finds feeling in control may increase longevity | BrandeisNOW
February 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Do you believe in your own ability to succeed, or do you believe life events are largely beyond your control?
Spousal Relationship Quality and Cardiovascular Risk
February 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Dr-Dori Naerbo‘s insight:
A new study found that couples where both spouses felt ambivalent toward the other, had significantly more calcium buildup in the arteries. And only in those couples was the increased heart risk detected.
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What to Do When Someone Needs CPR
February 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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The life-saving skill everyone should know
Dr-Dori Naerbo‘s insight:
Do you know CPR? If not, learn today and be prepared!
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Heart surgeons in Toronto perform bypass on Twitter
February 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Surgeons at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre brought Twitter followers into their operating room today while performing a coronary artery bypass graft on a 57-year-old man.
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Major heart healing trial starts
February 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Dr-Dori Naerbo‘s insight:
In this study, all the patients will have standard treatment to widen their narrowed arteries, and stents, half the patients will have stem cells taken from their bone marrow and injected into their heart.
The Secret to Healthier Aging
February 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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It’s so simple!
Dr-Dori Naerbo‘s insight:
Irisin, a hormone released in your body when you work out, reprograms fat cells so that they burn, rather than store, energy.
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Every Second Counts for Heart Attack Victims – KFDX
February 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Every Second Counts for Heart Attack Victims
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The time period from when a patient enters the ER with heart attack symptoms until blood flow is restored in the patient’s artery is called the door-to-balloon time.
Heart surgeon confesses processed food is slowly killing everyone
February 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Dr. Dwight Lundell has dished the dirt on ‘what really causes heart disease’ and he admits prescribing cholesterol-lowering medications, and a low-fat, high-simple carbohydrate diet for two-and-a-half decades was misguided.
Dr-Dori Naerbo‘s insight:
Happy to see that some doctors are becoming enlightened and realising the old paradigm of prescribing drugs and certain diets do not work.
Heart Foods Slideshow: Resveratrol, Salmon, Flaxseed, and More
February 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The top foods for heart health go beyond cholesterol busters to edamame, nuts, salmon, even coffee, in this list from WebMD. Cooking tips and pictures show how to work new foods into your diet.
Dr-Dori Naerbo‘s insight:
23 Heart friendly foods.
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