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Lisa Nelson

posted 10/20/2009, comment (1)

What One Man Did to Avoid a Triple Bypass

Is bypass surgery in your future? What if it doesn't have to be? I had the pleasure of interviewing 61 year-old Don Carrier. Six years ago he was facing triple bypass surgery, but by making necessary diet and lifestyle changes he has changed his future. No bypass surgery and no more medications. Lisa Nelson RD: Please share details... Read more Chevron

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Keith Ahrens

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posted 09/06/2009, comments (0)

Outrunning My Shadow, Surviving Open-Heart Surgery and battling Obesity

Outrunning My Shadow: Surviving Open-Heart Surgery and Battling Obesity/The Decision to Change My Life by Keith Ahrens is a fascinating and highly informative memoir about the author’s confrontation with mortality and his determination to save his own life. In this self-help book, the author shares the experience of weighing more than 414... Read more Chevron

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Bruce Stocker

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I am a 56 year old male with heart, lung, stroke,and Chronic copd

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posted 06/20/2009, comment (1)

You and Bypass Surgery

Surgery, it is always a frightening word to here when your doctor comes to talk to you. I know with me, when my cardiologist walked into my room and said it had to be open heart surgery, it felt as though I went numb. I had never had surgery before except for tonsils as a child and carpal tunnel. When I thought of having my chest cracked open and... Read more Chevron

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MikeG

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posted 05/27/2009, comments (2)

HD how to manage it.

Hey all, Well, I started my journey with heart disease i guess earlier than I thought. My first symptoms were elevated blood pressure and lack of wind. Then during a divorce I had chest pains, which caused me to get some tests, at which point I found out I had some problems. I didn't find out till much later, because of medical standards at the... Read more Chevron

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Cleo Hutton

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Author/ National Speaker/ Stroke Hero/ LPN/ Advocate for familes

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posted 02/23/2009, comments (0)

February Heart Month: Women's War on Stroke

On average, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds. Every 3.3 minutes, someone dies of a stroke. Stroke is the leading diagnosis from hospital to long-term care. Not a Woman's Disease? Heart Disease and Stroke kill over 12 times more women than breast cancer One in Two women die of heart disease or stroke (1... Read more Chevron

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