HeartBeat
Do you have a cardiac question tugging at your heart? Send it to heartbeat@bhsi.com or mail it to HeartBeat, 2501 Kentucky Ave., Paducah, KY 42003. If we use it in a future HeartBeat column, you will win a Baptist Heart Center T-shirt.
Archived articles:
- Women more likely to have non-traditional stroke symptoms
- Heat and high humidity can increase heart risk
- Western Baptist and U of L Health partner in stroke care
- Hole in heart defect increases stroke risk
- Free seminar shows how to use CPR, AEDs to save lives
- Conquer stroke with education, quick action
- Mediterranean diet beneficial for women
- Obesity can trim 10 years off life
- New study outlines particular risks of smoking during pregnancy
- Fainting: sign of a heart problem or not?
- Can you really be fat, but fit?
- Insulin resistance-induced metabolic syndrome increases heart risks
- Don't give walking the cold shoulder this winter
- Cold weather, viral infections can increase heart disease
- New technology for congestive heart failure patients
- Heart-healthy habits can last a lifetime
- Life-saving technology gives Paducah man security
- Medication, stents combat high blood pressure, heart disease
- Western Baptist brings leading-edge technology to community
- Don't waist time getting in shape
- Poor teen sleep habits can lead to heart disease
- Parents appreciate close-to-home heart care
- Fish oils fight heart failure
- Get help quitting smoking
- Lessons from Tim Russert's untimely death
- Depression after surgery
- Readers ask questions about chest pain, blood thinners
- Western Baptist brings innovations to area
- Why are health screenings so important
- African-Americans: Increased risk for heart disease
- When heart surgery is needed, turn to Western Baptist
- Not all heart problems require surgery
- Controlling blood pressure key to treating LVH
- Tests to check for heart disease
- Blood pressure too high? Only way to know is to check it
- Women: Listen to your hearts
- Take a hands-on approach to saving lives
- New treatment offered for congestive heart failure
- Start! walking for better health
- Smoking: There's no such thing as a safe cigarette
- What should you look for in a heart hospital?
- Take charge of your heart health
- Plaque: A problem not only for your teeth!
- Western Baptist's Chest Pain Center works to save time, lives
- Problem heart valves can be repaired, replaced
- Meet cardiac medicine's real pacemakers
- Baptist offers resources to keep you heart smart
- Understanding Congestive Heart Failure
- Resolve to have good heart health
- How you cook can be as important as what you cook
- Why are health screenings important?
- Have a heart-healthy holiday season
- Smoking and heart disease
- Diabetes and heart disease
- Cholesterol and heart disease
- High blood pressure and heart disease
- Major stroke may follow TIA within hours
- Adults AND Kids: Exercise your way to better health
- Walk your way to a healthy heart
- Lower cholesterol to cut risk for heart disease, stroke
- Small amounts of smoke raise risk of heart or stroke death
- Quitting smoking offers immediate, long-term health benefits
- Know your numbers for heart health
- Southern 'Stroke Belt' keeps a tight grip on natives
- Start! getting healthy: Pledge 'exercise and portion-size'
- Six steps to a healthier life in 2010
- Why is blood pressure important?
- Why do you need an EKG?
- Shake your salt habit for a better health
- ABCs of preventing heart disease, stroke
- You're never too young to take care of your heart
- Hypothermia used to treat patients
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African-Americans have greater risk for heart disease, high blood pressure
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Drinking, high blood pressure doubles heart attack, stroke risk
- Staying healthy during the hectic holidays
- A heart arrhythmia is not always dangerous
- Panic attack or heart attack?
- Mini-stroke doubles risk of heart attack
- How does the thyroid affect the heart?
- Even small amount of exercise helps the heart
- Obesity rates rising around the world
- How do you know if you have heart disease?