HeartCare articles

Recent articles from HeartCare

Give blood to yourself. (autologous transfusion and blood salvaging)
August 1, 1990... GIVE BLOOD TO YOURSELF If you're scheduled for surgery and may need a transfusion, there's no safer blood than your own. The most common risk of receiving blood from other donors is a 1-in-20 chance of hepatitis. (By contrast, the risk of contracting AIDS from donated blood is less than...

Fit to be tied? Stressed out? - Humor can help. (humor as coping mechanism)
August 1, 1990... FIT TO BE TIED? STRESSED OUT? -- HUMOR CAN HELP "Stress" and "burn out" have become household words in the 1980s, but humor can be a powerful antidote -- moving us from a "grim and bear it" mentality to a "grin and share it" way of behaving. This notion is captured well by George...

Skipping breakfast is bad.
August 1, 1990... SKIPPING BREAKFAST IS BAD Results of a study by the American Health Foundation assessing breakfast and snacking habits of 530 middle school and high school students indicate that children who eat a ready-to-eat cereal breakfast have lower blood cholesterol levels than those who consume...

Heart mates connection. (includes related information on travel for cardiacs)
August 1, 1990... HEART Mates Connection Visiting and vacationing are a natural way of life for us mobile Americans: jumping into the car, heading away for the weekend -- to a cabin, the shore, the mountains, the kids' house to see the grandkids' newest feats. Yet, once heart disease enters the...

High cholesterol: heart disease: a rebuttal. (against Thomas Moore's view that cholesterol does not cause heart disease) (editorial)
August 1, 1990... HIGH CHOLESTEROL HEART DISEASE A REBUTTAL Picture a sinuous rubber pipe that is connected to a water source that regulates flow and pressure. You now begin to run water that contains many different elements, including minute grayish-yellow particles, through the pipe. This...