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www.health.harvard.edu/blog/categories/health/heart-health Heart Health Studies explore global burden of disease and heart disease in the United States Posted December 14, 2012, 2:39 pm P.J. Skerrett, Managing Editor, Harvard Health If you like numbers and statistics, especially those about health, two reports released this week should keep you occupied for days: the massive Global Burden of Disease [...]
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 The Force of the Quantified Self By James Beckerman, MD, FACC In my last post, I talked about the Dark Side of the Quantified Self — the possibility that becoming too focused on one’s own personal data may begin to diminish our individual real-life experiences and interactions. Mindfulness can be mind [...]
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http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question
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www.heartmdinstitute.com/ With the understanding that knowledge empowers, our mission at Heart MD Institute is to educate patients and medical professionals alike about integrative medicine, with a special focus on metabolic cardiology and energy medicine. Additionally, Heart MD Institute aims to inspire a restructuring of the doctor/patient relationship where together, both actively participate in the patient’s [...]
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[As I have mentioned before, Carolyn Thomas's www.myheartsisters.org is the best heart blog on the Web -- she frequently deals with the the post-heart attack psychological world. Here is an excellent first person narrative of how the world changes after a heart attack.] from the article It means learning how to take naps, or just [...]
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from the article: A final word of wisdom: Just because nuts and alcohol (in small amounts) may be good for the heart, it does not necessarily follow that the ideal food is beer nuts. Say Nuts to Heart Disease Adding nuts to your diet may reduce the risk of heart disease By Richard N. Fogoros, [...]
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Summary of article: “The first message is that coffee intake is not associated with a higher risk of stroke,” which he says is reassuring. “Second, the analysis showed that low to moderate intake—one to three cups of coffee per day—was associated with lower risk of stroke in the general population, across a wide range of [...]
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Personally, I like Carolyn Thomas’s blog the best. I find the website listed as #1, the American Heart Association website, to be very ordinary and not very engaging. Carolyn provides much more individualized and personally relevant information…. Top Ten Online Influencers about heart disease
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[Although I find the design of the site a bit complex and slow, it crunches and provides lots of data, and can connect you with other people with similar conditions.]. www.medify.com From their “About Us” Link: We’re a crack team of technologists, advocates, medical advisors, and problem solvers. We believe in the power of knowledge, [...]
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[The importance of Circadian rhythms are vastly underrated...] Intense Light Prevents, Treats Heart Attacks, Study Suggests ScienceDaily Apr. 25, 2012 — There are lots of ways physicians might treat a patient after a heart attack — certain resuscitation methods, aspirin, clot-busters and more. Now University of Colorado medical school researchers have found a new candidate: [...]
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Medpage Today An excellent compilation of the latest cardiology research Science Daily The latest in cardiology research (and other topics at the same site) TheHeart.org Comprehensive website from all areas of cardiology New England Journal of Medicine Not directly about cardiology, but where medical research often shows up first in the United States Cardiobrief Primarily [...]
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Medstory Well designed search engine specifically for health issues Medline Plus From the National Institute of Health; large database of relevant articles Yahoo Directory The most comprehensive directory for health and heart conditions Open Directory Project Another good starting place for health and heart conditions PubMed Comprehensive listing of research publications Scirus Most comprehensive scientific [...]
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From the American Heart Association December 22, 2010 The American Heart Association has compiled its annual list of the top 10 major advances in heart disease. “We have come far in the past decade, reducing heart disease deaths by more than 27 percent,” said Ralph Sacco of the University of Miami. “But we know there [...]
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Mayo Clinic The good folks at the Mayo Clinic have the most medically reliable, evidence based medical information on the Web. Medline Plus Sometimes, most of the time, government run websites are bland and boring. This one is well-designed and comprehensive. Center for Disease Control and Prevention In spite of their frequent mis-use by Big [...]
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All the research–not to mention common sense–suggests that expressing positive emotions is good for your heart. So here is a top ten list of happy songs for your heart: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Whistle While you Work Frank Sinatra On the Sunny Side of the Street Walt Disney Productions Hakuna Matata Barbra Streisand [...]
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Face it, the Holidays can be depressing. You’re missing your family…you don’t have a family…you have a family… you’re mad at you family…your family is mad at you.. you’re out of money … you’re out of time… it’s winter and you live in Fairbanks…. It’s time to cry. The way out is through — get [...]
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Apparently, research suggests that music is good for the heart! (Obviously, no surprise here, but an increased brachial artery flow of 26% does sound good.)(Article is at end of this post,) So, in addition to singing along with your favorite Christmas tunes, here are ten heart healthy heart songs: Neil Young Heart of Gold Janis [...]
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“Top Ten” lists are very popular on the Web. I think it is partially because there is so much information out there that this becomes a way of prioritizing information. (Did it all start with David Letterman?) I may be jaded, but I don’t find all of these facts “amazing” and especially not “the top [...]
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Four of Time Magazine‘s selections for the top medical breakthrough of the last year involve the heart — Avandia, CPR, a blood test for heart attack, and the development of stem cells. On the average, medical practice is about fifteen to twenty years behind the research. So the average patient may have to wait at [...]
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Heart attack portrayal critique Good Jack Nicholson is always good, especially when he is bad. He looked desperate and hopeless (although heart attacks are often not so obvious). Diane Keaton swore at him, but still took action. The ambulance was called immediately. Neutral Never saw the ambulance. First care is usually given in the ambulance. [...]
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Richard Pryor was one of the best and edgiest comedians, ever. Bob Newhart called him “the seminal comedian of the last 50 years.” He had his first heart attack in 1977. In 1990, Pryor suffered a more severe heart attack and underwent triple heart bypass surgery. He died in 2005 from cardiac arrest; however, he [...]
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Clearly, we need happier medical shows. It used to be that good guys always had to win on TV shows: maybe there should a writer’s rule that everyone gets cured on a medical show… TV viewing may be hazardous to health Oct. 2, 2010 PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 2 (UPI) — Watching too many medical dramas [...]
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Time Magazine February 5, 1973 While Lyndon Johnson was speaking at the L.B.J. Library of the University of Texas at Austin last December, his voice was noticeably weak. At one point he seemed to rub his lips. Then his tone improved, and he finished his speech. What the audience—and later, television viewers—witnessed was a public [...]
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Carolyn Thomas’s excellent and educational blog, www.myheartsisters.org, highlights Dr. Wayne Sotile’s Thriving After Heart Disease. It is very hard to find books about dealing with the emotions of recovering from a heart attack; this book seems to do that to some extent. Dr. Sotile’s book sounds quite worthwhile, but I have problems with the title. [...]
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