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posted 11/24/2008, comments (0)

Heart and Mind: Battling the Depression of Heart Disease

You have just been handed a diagnosis of heart disease. For some it may mean an immediate heart procedure and the fears provoked by any surgical procedure. For others, it may be a more insidious fear that a time bomb lurks deep inside you chest waiting to explode. I fall into the latter group. My first relative died of a... Read more Chevron

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Shaymus

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posted 10/30/2008, comments (0)

and I thought I was over the hump . . .

I'm a 53 year old white male in better than average shape, (or so I thought) and I just recently had a stent put in my RCA. This is my forth stent, but this one came as a complete surprise. My first introduction to coronary artery disease came at age 42. I was (and still am although not active in the field) a firefighter in a... Read more Chevron

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Cleo Hutton

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posted 10/24/2008, comments (4)

The Medicare Mess May Affect Your Stroke Recovery

The Medicare mess affects everyone recovering from any and all diseases or conditions. On our highway to health, we are continually faced with roadblocks that prevent us from obtaining quality physical and emotional healing. We face further stress by trying to make correct insurance choices while desperately dodging high... Read more Chevron

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Cleo Hutton

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posted 10/23/2008, comments (0)

Stroke: How to Deal With Grief and Blame

For many of us, a great sadness develops and impedes our progress towards recovery when we're in the hospital recovering from stroke. I heard it tonight as I visited two women at the regional rehabilitation center where I visit and speak to stroke peers. "It's not my fault!" cried one lady. "I blame the doctors because they should... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/08/2008, comment (1)

Dark Chocolate Keeps Getting Sweeter for Heart Patients

Every once in a while you get the idea there is a little justice in this world. Research continues to reveal multiple benefits of dark chocolate creating one of those rare taste good/feel good stories. It started with reports that anywhere from 6.3 to 100g of dark chocolate per day delivered enough polyphenols from cocoa to improve... Read more Chevron

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