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Three Major Indicators of Heart Attack

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. Are you familiar with your risk factors? Have you had your cholesterol levels and blood pressure tested within the last year? If you aren’t at high risk for a heart attack, that chest pain might be gas or heartburn. That pain in your arm might be from rearranging the furniture. But if you are at risk, … Continue reading →

Not Enough People Know the Signs of a Heart Attack

A survey from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control found that too many Americans don’t know all the warning signs of a heart attack. Do you? More bad news from the CDC when it comes to heart attacks: More than nine hundred thousand Americans have heart attacks each year. More than one hundred and fifty thousand Americans die from a heart attack each year. Approximately seventy five thousand Americans die within an hour of symptom onset. Quick action and awareness of the symptoms are critical if you’re going to survive a heart attack. In case you weren’t sure, the five … Continue reading →

Heart Attack Aftermath: Returning to Work

Returning to work after a major injury or health crisis can be exciting. You may be tired of resting and feeling a touch of cabin fever! Or, the prospect of going back to your regular routine may be frightening. Can you handle your old workload? Have you missed too much in your absence? When it comes to a heart attack, there’s one emotion you need to be careful of: stress. A recent study from Universite Laval in Quebec found that chronic job stress can double a person’s likelihood of having a second heart attack! There is a lot of potential … Continue reading →

I Didn’t Know I Had A Heart Attack

I’ve been taking classes at a glass studio in Portland. How does this relate to heart attacks? One of the owners had one recently, and ended up having a quadruple bypass! He told me he didn’t know he was having a heart attack. In fact, he spent a weekend in discomfort but going about his usual business before finally going to the emergency room on Monday for what he thought was kidney stones. The pain didn’t get too severe until the third day after the heart attack happened — the actual attack happened on a Friday. By the third day, … Continue reading →

Halt Heartburn With Three Lifestyle Changes

Are you ready to beat heartburn? Recurring heartburn can disrupt your eating habits AND your sleeping habits. Believe it or not, food isn’t generally the cause of recurring heartburn. Stanford University reviewed one hundred different studies on heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease to figure out the most effective remedies. Stopping the late-night snacks or changing what you eat in the evening didn’t make the list. Here’s what did. Lose weight. Dropping twenty pounds or more can reduce your heartburn or GERD symptoms by as much as forty percent! Doctors think that the weight loss does two things for you: it … Continue reading →

A Nap Can Be Good For Your Heart

Enjoy an afternoon siesta? Like to catch a few zzzs between lunch and the end of the work day? Here’s some good news — research from the University of Athens in Greece says that a midday nap may help reduce the risk of fatal heart problems. This study tracked more than twenty-three thousand healthy Greek adults for six years or so. The ones who made time for a half-hour nap at least three times per week had a thirty-seven percent lower risk of heart attack and other heart problems than the non-nappers did. The majority of the participants were in … Continue reading →

For Women Only- Signs of a Heart Attack

Did your mother ever use the phrase “I am just sick and tired” on you when you were growing up? Mine did. She was sick and tired of my antics quite a bit. Sadly, this same phrase may also be the only signs a woman experiences when she is having a heart attack. Most sources that talk about warning signs for a heart attack base their symptoms on those of a male patient. Women are not the same as men. Yes, sometimes we really do need science to point out the obvious. Here are the hard facts of the matter. … Continue reading →

There Could Be a Link Between Acetaminophen and Asthma

There have been numerous studies that suggest that there could be a link between acetaminophen and the development of asthma symptoms in children. This is a new idea, that hasn’t been considered until recently. On the other hand, there are some reasons why this connection might not as accurate as it seems. Children who have asthma could have an attack when exposed to a numerous amount of triggers. Humidity can increase the risk of an asthma attack, and so can certain allergens. Exposure to cigarette smoke can also cause an asthma attack, it can also be triggered by upper respiratory … Continue reading →

More Than Three Visits to the ER Will Cost You

The state of Washington is doing something unheard of in an attempt to keep the costs of Medicaid as low as possible. Patients will be limited to three non- emergency visits to the emergency rooms at hospitals per year. After that, Medicaid patients will have to pay out of pocket for additional visits to the ER. At first glance, it may sound as though the state of Washington is unsympathetic to the health care needs that people who use Medicaid require. Whether or not that happens to be true is debatable. What is true is the new rules about Medicaid … Continue reading →

What Triggers Asthma?

Asthma has come to be an unwanted word in our home. Our youngest was first diagnosed with asthma when he was about a year old. His first asthmatic attack resulted in an emergency room visit. The doctors went through all the possibilities as to why his asthma could have started. The top of their list was allergies, however, at that time they wouldn’t test children that young. Asthma has become one of those things that you just never know when it is going to hit. At one point my son became part of a study at Children’s Hospital of Milwaukee. … Continue reading →