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Checking in with Your Pulse

by Aimee Amodio

02 Jun 2009 10:05 AM

Do you check your pulse? It's not something I do very often... but it may actually be a useful way to keep an eye out for heart disease! Your pulse is your heart rate -- how many times your heart beats in a minute.

Four Months without a Heart

by Aimee Amodio

24 Mar 2009 01:25 PM

A fourteen year old South Carolina girl survived for more than one hundred days without a heart in her chest. Since July 2008, D'Zhana Simmons had two heart transplants -- and survived with artificial heart pumps instead of a heart between the two surgeries.

Calming Tachycardia

by Aimee Amodio

13 Mar 2009 11:47 AM

Tachycardia is any heartbeat faster than one hundred beats per minute. It can come on suddenly, and may bring shortness of breath, nausea, sweating, and panic. There are different kinds of tachycardia -- some life-threatening and some not.

Wear Red Day: Friday, February 6, 2009

by Aimee Amodio

05 Feb 2009 02:07 PM

Pull something red out of your closet on Friday -- it's National Wear Red Day here in America. Why wear red? Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America.

Three Major Indicators of Heart Attack

by Aimee Amodio

23 Jan 2009 06:40 PM

The signs of a heart attack can be subtle. Remember my friend who didn't realize he had a heart attack? Not everyone experiences the same symptoms in the same way when they're having a heart attack. Knowing yourself is a great way to start.

Heart Attack Survivors and Episodic Chest Pain

by Aimee Amodio

12 Sep 2008 01:13 PM

A study from the University of Colorado and the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center took a look at angina -- episodic chest pain -- in heart attack survivors.

The Right Incentive Can Help You Fight Heart Disease

by Aimee Amodio

08 Jun 2008 12:33 PM

Are you at risk for heart disease? Are you already suffering from some form of heart disease -- like high blood pressure or high cholesterol?

Coated Stents

by Aimee Amodio

22 Apr 2008 02:48 PM

Stents are the tubes inserted into arteries to help them stay open after angioplasty (surgery to remove clots). Right now, surgeons are using stents coated with drugs. Italian researchers are trying out a new type of coated stent with some success.

Strengthen Your Core, Protect Your Heart

by Aimee Amodio

03 Apr 2008 06:40 PM

Cardiovascular exercise is a great way to protect your heart. So is weight training! Experts suggest that people who are at risk for heart disease undergo a functional exercise program.

Slash Your Heart Attack Risk!

by Aimee Amodio

21 Mar 2008 12:18 PM

I never want to have a heart attack. I hope it's something I never get to experience in life. Are you with me? A recent study from the Boston University School of Medicine and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden looked at the medical histories for more than twenty-four thousand women.



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