Category: Lifestyle
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Is Christmas a risk factor for heart disease?
The food, drinks and desserts, lots of parties, meeting with family and friends. What’s not to like about the Christmas holidays? It Can Wait Until after Christmas For some, though, this can be the deadliest time of year. Over the Christmas holidays the number of heart-related deaths increase by approximately 5%. Some of this increase…
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Is there strength in being vulnerable?
The other week I saw a cardiologist who specializes in the electrical pacing of the heart (this keeps the heart beating or if not working well, leads to irregular heartbeats and palpitations). I saw him as my palpitations with exercise had been re-emerging. This happened even though I was taking my beta blocker meant to…
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How Active You are Now Can Effect Your Ability to Live Independently Later
Take a moment to think about your death. It’s one of the few things in life we know will happen. How do you picture it? Are you surrounded by family and friends? Are you at home? Are you asleep (this is what I hope for)? Few of us will picture ourselves in a hospital with…
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7 Things 10 Minutes of Physical Activity Can Do For You
1. Improve Your Brain Function: Numerous studies indicate that people who are regularly active have improved memory and cognitive ability (how your brain functions), in addition to a lower risk for depression and emotional disturbances. Physical activity even increases the size of one’s hippocampus, and a bigger brain is a good thing. Many of these…