Tag: heart disease
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Unraveling Controversies in Nutrition

Trying to eat healthier? Are you conscious of your salt intake but can never get it low enough? What about fat? Is it now good to have? It seems that with nutrition, everything that was good is now bad and everything that was bad is now good. Or is it? For this podcast I’m joined…
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“Something’s wrong with me.” Lessons on dealing with heart disease from a patient perspective

Have you ever felt something not right in your body, unsure what it may be and decided not to get it checked out by your doctor or avoid going to the ER? Ever go see the doctor only to be told nothing is wrong with you? Have you ever felt anxious about your health? If…
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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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Hey Dads, Take Care of Yourself

Below is an article I wrote for the Father’s Day edition of my hospital’s newsletter that appeared last week and I have been given permission to share it here. As a father, I love Father’s Day. That and my birthday are the two days of the year I feel like a king in my house. My…
