Tag: chronic illness
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Is obesity a disease, or is it something else?
In the world of health, not much gets the attention or stirs up emotion as obesity. From the media telling us what to eat and how to lose weight to scientists telling us how big of a problem it is, to “entrepreneurs” wanting to make a buck off of the issue. Everyone seems to have…
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Will technology make us healthier?
Pedometers, smart watches and Fitbits, not to mention the tens of thousands of health apps. Add to that health tech start-ups popping up every day alongside established companies spinning off into health. All promising to make you healthy and all trying to get a piece of the trillion dollar healthcare industry. Healthcare is where the…
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Chronic Diseases Begin Early in Life- Years Before any Diagnosis
Having worked in cardiac rehabilitation for over twenty years I learned early on that many patients are in the best shape of their lives the day they complete the program. That makes sense, to some extent, because they’ve just spent the last four months in a supervised exercise program. They also feel better for it.…
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I have a loving family but… Part of my Patient Journey with Heart Disease
“I have a loving family but after a few days, everyone’s life has got back to normal, but mine isn’t anymore.” I was recently at a heart disease conference and heard a patient mention this in front of hundreds of attendees in relation to her experience soon after having heart valve surgery. Two years ago…