I always love a flash mob video, but this one got to me a little bit. Midway through the camera captures some people holding signs thanking scientists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, clinical trial participants, and others who work every day to manage, cure, or prevent heart disease. I was looking for flash mob fun but found […]
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Feb 2012
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Feb 2012
My friend Breanne has been my running inspiration for years. When I first started running to lose weight after my second son, she cheered my first 5K like I’d just finished the Boston Marathon. When I decided to try for my first marathon, she became my coach. She helped me create a training program, provided […]
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Feb 2012
No Joke
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If you are an avid follower of heart disease news like me, there’s no way you missed these headlines: Apparent heart attack at Heart Attack Grill At Heart Attack Grill, diner’s symptom’s weren’t fake Apparently this restaurant in Las Vegas has made a theme out of unhealthy living. People who weigh over 350 pounds eat […]
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Feb 2012
Yoga Power
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I heart yoga. I started about 18 months ago, shortly after leaving my full-time job. It had been on my I-really-should-but-don’t-have-time list for years, and I finally screwed up my courage and took a beginner’s class at a studio down the street from me. I had the best teacher who seemed to read my mind […]
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Feb 2012
This very cool video is worth the watch. It makes it crystal clear why moving your body is the best medicine.
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Feb 2012
I have been a pretty active mama since my second son was born in August 2007. Staring down a bridesmaid’s dress and a Hawaii destination wedding within five months of his birthday, I had ample motivation to get going. I started walking, then running, and the baby fat melted off. The next spring I ran […]
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Feb 2012
It’s hard, if not impossible, to know what it is like for those around you, those who love you, when your own life is in crisis. I will never know what my husband felt like the day that I went to the ER but he drove our son to camp. I asked him if he […]
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Feb 2012
My sons’ school participates in Jump Rope for Heart every year. The children learn about heart health, jump rope for as long as they can (in our school it is a gym class unit), and raise money for the American Heart Association. This year, Jump Rope for Heart is a big deal to my 10-year-old, […]
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Feb 2012
Now You Know
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Heart disease is the number one killer of women in this country. Number. One. It kills more women than the next four diseases combined, including all forms of cancer. But it didn’t kill me. At age 37 and in training for a marathon, I had a heart attack. With no risk factors save a family […]
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Feb 2012
I’m very excited about my “very first” National Wear Red Day on Friday, February 3 – first post heart attack, that is. It’s a simple way to show women that raising awareness about women’s risk is important. But, having left my job last year to stay at home with my boys, I’m without a natural […]
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