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Quick! Who dies of heart attacks more frequently—men or women? Women it turns out. While the rate of death from heart disease has been declining for men, it’s been increasing for women, according to the American Heart Association’s statistics.What’s the number #1 killer of women in the U.S.? Not breast cancer, as you might think, but heart disease. Some 6.4 million women in the U.S. have...

When was the last time you felt a slight twinge of pain or burning in your stomach and throat, and dismissed it as. "just indigestion or a disagreement with a bit of spicy food which will soon pass."? Do you reach for an antacid with the belief it will help to minimize the pain shortly. Have you ever noticed that it didn't subside as quickly as in the past? Do you continue to dismiss it as, maybe...

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Several months ago, I had x-rays done on my lungs. When I went to the counter to pay, there was a sign on the wall that said something like this, if my memory is correct: NO CAROTIDS I think it meant that they either weren't a facility that provided the test or it wasn't covered by health insurance. Always maintaining a certain wit and good humor, I quipped, "No karotids?" only, I...

9 Tips Before THEY Amputate Your Legs Below the Knee! By Dan Wimer, RN, MPLC I am a RN with 22 years of IV knowledge and I have been in the hospital 3 times in the past year. Two of the times I was on the receiving end of poor nursing care. The first stay, in May of 2009, the nurses managed to infect me with Staphylococcus aureus. The nurses at the hospital did not follow established...