heart failure

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Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 22 Feb 24

So, the word on the street is that he will have a triple bypass surgery. That will be on Tuesday. He will be in Cape Girardeau on Monday night the day before at the Auburn Suites hotel. I will head there on Monday night and...

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Dad's in the Hospital

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 19 Feb 24

It must be an emergency procedure, but he went in for a stent at 6am this morning, and I knew he was waiting to be healthy enough to have it done, which is why I think it is an emergency procedure. He said last night he had a...

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Update On My Cousin In CCU

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 14 Apr 23

Have been very concerned about my cousin the past few days. She is the 58 y/o that had a heart attack last October and is a diabetic, with one kidney. She is also being treated for a toe infection with IV antibiotics. Almost had...

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No one ever has said that to us

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169474) • United States 21 Sep 21

Okay, so I went with hubby to a new doctor today. He was as puzzled as we were by the "lab report" hubby got locally that had actually been sent out of town. He told us that the regular doctor was concerned because Bob's...

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She is my hero

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 4 Sep 21

Here you see a picture of my youngest daughter. As you can probably tell from the photo, she is a fighter. She loves life, her family, her job, and many, many other things. She is a heart attack survivor. When she gave birth...

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Interesting Food Facts: Do You Like Licorice?

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 24 Apr 21

My Dad was a big fan of black licorice. I never liked it but maybe you do. Well, if you like that chewy candy beware...eating too much can land you in the hospital. BLACK LICORICE According to the Food and Drug Administration...

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Bernard Fox

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 15 Dec 16

I'm sad to write this article, as loved watching Bernard Fox for many years. He passed away at 89 from heart failure. He was so funny as Dr Bombay on Bewitched on 19 episodes and was on Tabitha the sequel in 1977. Some of his...

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Florence Henderson

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 25 Nov 16

I watched Florence on so many shows including game shows, Dancing With The Stars in 2010, and of course The Brady Bunch where she played the Mom and always found a solution from 1969 to 1974. I always thought if she can solve the...

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Brady Bunches Mom Has Passed

celticeagle @celticeagle (189833) • Boise, Idaho 25 Nov 16

Florence Henderson died yesterday. She was 82 and had heart failure. She was most famous for her role as Carol Brady on The Brady...

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In and out AGAIN!!!

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 27 Jul 12

Can you believe my luck??!!!? My legs were so swollen up by Wednesday that I went in to the clinic and they sent me to the hospital to get some lasix and to make sure things were under control because when they looked at me they...

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The health condition of my mother

yonkie @yonkie (440) • Philippines 28 Apr 09

Last year, my mom had a mild stroke. She got her half body paralyze for about a day. My family worried a lot. Good thing we were able to send her immediately to the hospital and got treated. Since then, she has medicine intake to...

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another loss in our family.

roniroxas @roniroxas (10559) • Philippines 29 Jan 09

august last year we lost a aunt (father side) and a cousin (mother side). yesterday around 3:48pm we lost one of our aunts again. she was admitted at the hospital the day before new year. she has heart failures and a diabetic. the...

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Stem cell implantation

bigdaddy3968 @bigdaddy3968 (5) • United States 18 Oct 08

Has anyone had this procedure?

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To Meat or not to Meat. Never Brag about eating meat!

lannaxe96 @lannaxe96 (62) • United States 7 Aug 08

Whether you are a vegetarian or a carnivore, there are always consequences to those choices that we make. I am not a strict vegetarian. I have had my share of red meat but, scientific findings are starting to sway my attitudes...

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heart failure

krissh4all @krissh4all (269) • China 4 Aug 08

heart failure is a common cause of death..!! the patient can b treated with many drugs like digoxin, diuretics .!! if the patient fail to response all this drugs, the last option is heart transplant

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How will you know if you have heart attack and what to do?

inapaulineabelon @inapaulineabelon (277) • Philippines 23 May 08

If you are alone and if you have symptoms of chest pain that radiates to your arm and up to your jaw, it is a HEART ATTACK. If no one can help you and the hospital is far from you, you have to help yourself and do the...

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Actos and Avandia

semeris @semeris (29) • United States 3 Oct 07

I was recently taken off of medication that contained Avandia and one of the replacement medications was Actos. Recently, I read a report that stated Actos (as well as Avandia) may increase the risk of heart failure (but do not...

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Do you snore at sleep ...be honest...

cuteboy @cuteboy (170) • India 21 Apr 07

Snoring...it indicates u have.. 1..Excessive day time sleeping with napping that often does not fully rest the person. 2..If u have sleep apnoea u begin snoring then stop breathing for 10 sec..(apnea)..The apnea temporarily...

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Fluids in motion & the system they follow.

mysiraylon @mysiraylon (1102) • United States 19 Jan 07

In human anatomy one of the most vital organ is the heart which is primarily responsible for the circulation of the blood. Delivered to and from different parts of body system, the blood are the fluids in motion carrying all the...

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