Health Expert Deanne Stein shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/19/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/19/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/19/index http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/100077/leg-pain-dvt Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:02:00 -0500 Deanne Stein I had quite a scare this past week. I woke up in the middle of the night with extreme calf pain in both of my legs. It wasn't like a charley horse or anything because the sharp pain was the entire calf and different from a muscle cramp. It's very difficult to explain and something I have never experienced before. It let up enough for me to go back to sleep, but my legs were still a bit sore the entire next day. I thought back and couldn't think... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/100077/leg-pain-dvt http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/94335/coumadin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:03:00 -0500 Deanne Stein Going off my Coumadin scares the heck out of me. The blood thinner was prescribed to me back in 2001 following my stroke. I always knew there was a risk of bleeding while taking Coumadin, but the fear of having another stroke outweighed that risk for me. My doctor told me I had thick blood and would have to be on Coumadin the rest of my life. Okay, I thought, case closed, move on and live a happy life taking blood thinners. But in the back of my... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/94335/coumadin http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/43416/robot-diagnoses Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:37:00 -0400 Deanne Stein I've mentioned my misdiagnosed stroke back in 2001 before. But I believe hospitals have come a long way since then. Many facilities have stroke teams in place to quickly diagnose stroke. This is great, because time matters. Every second you're having a stroke, vital brain cells are dying. Your chances of being disabled or worse, dying, increase by the minute. Stroke patients don't have time for second guessing, we need a quick diagnosis... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/43416/robot-diagnoses http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/43415/blood-clots Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:34:00 -0400 Deanne Stein Blood clots are scary. Sometimes you don't even know there are there, until it's too late. That was the case for me. I was going along, living life, feeling fine, and then suddenly I couldn't move my arm or talk. It happened that quickly. One second I was fine, the next, I was not. When I got to the emergency room back in August 2001, doctors thought I had Bells Palsy. Deep down, I knew they were wrong. Deep down, I knew I was having a... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/43415/blood-clots http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/39462/cardiovascular Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:54:00 -0400 Deanne Stein I hate eating sweets. The reason I hate eating sweets is because I love eating them.  They are my downfall. One of my co-workers isn't making it any easier with his "Ice Cream Tuesdays" which have also turned into "Ice Cream Thursdays."  Let's go ahead and throw in a "Donut Wednesday" and "Cake Friday" while we're at it.  I have no willpower!  Now, as I look over at my husband, I notice he has 4, no 5 chocolate chip cookies... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/39462/cardiovascular http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/37633/rocky-survives Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:33:00 -0400 Deanne Stein I can't take another incident like this, but Friday night after work I found myself involved in more Rocky drama. My 4-year-old poodle, Rocky, was having another seizure. I had just walked through the backyard and was unlocking the back door when Casey, my 5-year-old Lab mix walked in. Then, I turned around and saw the horror. There was Rocky, falling and crawling his way to the door trying to get to me. I grabbed him immediately and held... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/37633/rocky-survives http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/37035/facts-healthy Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:01:00 -0400 Deanne Stein I remember when I used to take my son to McDonald's as a "treat." When he was elementary school aged, we probably went a couple of times a month. Back then, I didn't worry with the nutritional value of it because, one, the childhood obesity issue wasn't as talked about, two, I didn't feel twice a month would hurt anything, and three, we simply didn't have the money to eat out. Even today, we don't eat fast food very much; weekends, now and... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/37035/facts-healthy http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/36197/stroke-children Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:34:00 -0400 Deanne Stein It’s amazing how the little things seem to mean so much.  This week, my 10-month-old daughter actually got off her stomach and crawled on her hands and knees.  I couldn’t get the camcorder fast enough.  I’m screaming and jumping up and down like an idiot, so excited that my daughter can now get across the room in record time.  Meanwhile, I’m wondering why I didn’t finish baby proofing the house a... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/36197/stroke-children http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/35457/heart-summer Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:39:00 -0400 Deanne Stein I thought I was going to die...from the heat.  I'm originally from Oklahoma, but living in West Virginia the past 12 years, I rarely get back during the summer. It's usually around Christmas when I get back home. However, I just returned from a visit for my high school reunion (20 years, if you're wondering). Anyway, I forgot how horribly hot it gets back home.  More than 100 degrees on the heat index is very common. Luckily, staying... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/35457/heart-summer http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/32585/cpr-training Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:56:00 -0400 Deanne Stein I was working on a blog a couple of weeks ago about CPR. I was just about done with it and when it came time to post it, a fellow journalist died. Tim Russert, NBC’s beloved anchor of “Meet the Press,” died of a heart attack at his Washington bureau.  He was 58.  I know his death got a lot of air time through all of the media outlets, to the point some people even complained. But it didn't bother me. I felt a silent... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/19/32585/cpr-training