heart disease

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celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 20 Mar

Many countries around the world take naps each day. Now some people think that napping means you are getting way too old. Actually that's not the case. It seems that those that snooze a little each day are 37% less apt to get...

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Lack of Sleep Concerns

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 11 Jul

As most of you know, I have a tremendous problem trying to sleep. I get no more than 4 hours of sleep a day; and it's not unusual for me to be up 24-48 hours at a time. I'm always tired; and I know that lack of sleep can cause...

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The Humble Onion

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 14 Apr 25

Can you believe there might be a superfood that outperforms something as good as blueberries? Often avoided because of its strong odor and "onion breath" onions have been overlooked. These marvels are a member of the family...

hypertension

heart disease

garlic

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Heath Matters: Fish oil and its connection to heart disease

Piyoz the Great @piyoz000 (487) • Philippines 7 Oct 24

Fish oil is often linked to heart health because it contains omega-3 fatty acids. Some studies suggest that taking fish oil supplements can lower the risk of heart attacks, especially for people who don’t eat much fish. Based on a...

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I Can’t Face It

DianneN @DianneN (254949) • United States 8 Oct 19

Doodles the cat lives in our home in Connecticut for six months of the year until we return to Florida. He is our son’s cat, but I love Doodles so much that our son lets him live with us. Our son lives nearby, so drops by often...

the precious love of my life

heart disease

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Diabetes associate with hypertension and vascular disease

Palash Das @onlinepalash (77) • Kolkata, India 11 Aug 19

The effects of any types of diabetes are chronic disease fall in the patient physical health. Diabetes is a strong predictor of coronary heart disease in older people. Diabetes associate with other risks and conditions...

chronic disease

heart disease

diabetes associate with other risks

common causes for blindness

cognitive dysfunction is another serious problem

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Do You Eat Black Licorice?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 16 Jul 19

As soon as I saw this article warning about black licorice, it had my attention because I love black licorice! People 40 years and older must be cautious when consuming black licorice because it contains glycyrrhizin, a...

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Keeping Life Normal

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40843) • Laguna Woods, California 31 Jan 19

A few times I have mentioned the multiple health problems my husband has ... Stage Four Chronic Kidney Disease for the past nine years; a heart attack four years ago, with ongoing AFib and other heart problems; MDS blood cancer...

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My Husband is Home from the Hospital, But We're Both Tired

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40843) • Laguna Woods, California 4 Jan 19

My husband is home from the hospital, but we are exhausted after he was there for almost the entire week, and I spent 12-13 hours a day there with him. He had an attack of angina, Afib, and pauses in his heartbeat. The good...

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Do you know that on an average, a person consumes more than twice the sugar recommended as per WHO

amirev777 @amirev777 (4117) • India 4 Jan 19

World Health Organisation, WHO, has recently published a report in which it states that the recent finding suggests that the sugar consumption has skyrocketed during last few decades. As per Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), we...

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obesity

diabetes

heart disease

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My Husband is in the Hospital

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40843) • Laguna Woods, California 2 Jan 19

Early this morning, I had to rush my husband to the hospital. We thought he was having a heart-attack, but now it appears he may have had a pulmonary embolism, which is a blood clot in the lungs. Our daughters who live on the...

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Question of the Day: Worst Foods For Your Heart

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 10 Oct 18

If you were to advise someone on maintaining a healthly heart what list of the foods would tell them to stop eating? I'm sure we could create quite a list! Here are a few items I discovered, that may not be so obvious, when...

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Poor Poor Poor Poor Doodles

DianneN @DianneN (254949) • United States 1 May 18

We are back from the veterinary clinic where Doodles had an examination and an echocardiogram. As expected, he has a serious heart condition. He was diagnosed with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Hypertrophic...

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Manuscripts.

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 14 Nov 17

We had the final case colloquium for level 4 students. We finished the activity at 3:30PM. Then 2 level 3 students submitted their respective manuscripts for the finals and grand case colloquiums on Thursday and Friday. Now we...

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Some Bad News

StacyB @Srbageldog (7716) • United States 3 Nov 17

My mom called me a little while ago. She just found out today that she has congestive heart failure. Obviously this news is very upsetting. She is being referred to a cardiologist for further testing to see how far along the...

congestive heart failure

heart disease

parents health problems

bad news

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Heart Attack?

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 23 Mar 17

I haven't been around much and have a lot of catching up to do and create. I will start with one thing for now and hope I can get back on here later. I've been having chest pains, which is a symptom of fibromyalgia. So I tend to...

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My Instant Noodles

Cristy @magallon (19279) • Philippines 5 Aug 16

Instant noodles are one of the world’s most popular foods. Me and my children love to eat instant or cup noodles. I really love that new creamy cup noodles. They’re cheap, they’re easy to make, and they are delicious, with so...

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Is garlic good for health?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 11 May 16

Garlic is taken in good quantity across the world. In India garlic paste is used in vegetables, fish curries, meat curries. Raw garlic is also eaten by a big section of the people. Garlic is rich in Vitamin C, manganese and...

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She won't stop smoking

Angel_15 @Angel_15 (670) • Manila, Philippines 23 Apr 16

We just had our annual physical exam required by the company. My coworker was diagnosed with coronary artery disease. In short, she has heart disease. Because of her disease the doctor told her to cut back on fatty foods and...

heart disease

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Matters of the Heart

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 29 Mar 16

I'm talking about the physical heart. We've always known that heart disease and diabetes were strong in my father's family. When my brother had a massive heart attack which killed him at the age of 56, the rest of us kids went...

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