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Heart Sisters

http://www.myheartsisters.org

All about women and heart disease - our #1 killer - from the unique perspective of a Mayo Clinic-trained heart attack survivir.

• Added on: Sep 24th, 2009
• Country: Canada
• Language: English

• Author: Carolyn Thomas
• Listed in: Women's Health Health
• Tags: heart disease heart attack cardiovascular heart attack symptoms women's heart health heart risk factors

Recent Posts

• It’s Handwashing Awareness Week!

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 06:06 in women's cardiac risk factors

       When one of our nurses knocked on my office door to tell me that the mandatory Hand Hygiene class for all hospital staff was starting, I sighed: “Oh, for Pete’s sake! I already know how to wash my hands!”  But off I went, r...

• How to cope when your hubby is the heart patient

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 06:17 in living with heart disease

  I’ve heard, as bizarre as it seems, that it may be easier in some ways to be widowed than to be the spouse of a recovering heart patient.  If your man has survived a cardiac event, you may even feel grief that seems entirely inappropriate ...

• Got a minute? Try this mini-relaxation exercise for your heart health

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 06:13 in women's cardiac risk factors

  You’re waiting nervously in the dentist’s chair, or white-knuckling a bout of aircraft turbulence, or getting ready to deliver that big presentation at work – or even just wondering how you’ll remain sane given all you ne...

• “Women’s Heart Attack Myth”? Revisiting the controversial Canadian study

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 06:09 in signs of a heart attack, women and heart attacks

  Media coverage of a study presented at the annual Canadian Cardiovascular Congress last month has left me and my fellow Heart Sisters gobsmacked.  One heart attack survivor told me: “This news has set back women’s awareness of heart...

• Mayo Clinic: “What are the symptoms of a heart attack for women?

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 06:00 in signs of a heart attack, women and heart attacks

  It’s been in the news. It’s been presented at cardiology conferences this month.  It has set cardiac circles and women heart attack survivors abuzz. It’s the question of whether women present with heart attack symptoms that are d...

• A post-heart attack checklist

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 06:01 in living with heart disease, women and heart attacks

  You’ve just experienced a heart attack or other type of cardiac event.  You’re overwhelmed and frightenened and wondering what happens next on this journey towards recovery. Knowledge is power – here’s when you need to ta...

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