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Women work, clean, cook, take care of children, spouses, parents, pets - but sometimes forget to take care of themselves. Their knowledge about health often comes from a two minute news report or short article. But every week there is some new re...
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Heartstrong, LLC website is www.heart-strong.com
Blog is http://heartstrong.wordpress.com/
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- I am a nurse, author, motivational speaker, consultant and expert on healthy lifestyles. I have been a nurse for over 20 years, presently I am working as a nurse practitioner. My co-worker and I recently started a new venture called Heartstrong, LLC a health care education and consulting business specializing in health promotion and wellness. Keeps us very busy...
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- Favorite Books:
- Mysteries, Thrillers, Harry Potter series, read lots of medical and nursing journals
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National Nurse Practitioner Week
Did you know that a nurse practitioner (NP) can examine, diagnose, prescribe, treat, counsel and educate you on healthcare needs? NPs are different from other healthcare providers – they focus on the whole person when treating specific health problems and they educate their patients on the effects those problems will have on them, their loved ones and their communities. NPs have been providing primary care in the U.S. for more than 40 years. They are graduates of master’s, post-master’s or docto… Continue
Posted on November 10, 2009 at 9:06pm —
Is Smoking Worse for Women?
Two recent small studies revealed that women may be more vulnerable to the carcinogens and other dangerous substances in cigarette smoke. In these studies, women who smoked were diagnosed at a younger age with lung cancer and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) than men who smoked. The women even smoked LESS than the men in the studies. In 2000, more women died from COPD as compared to men according to Dr. DeMeo, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and… Continue
Posted on November 10, 2009 at 8:25pm —
Pregnancy Problems Can Increase Heart Disease/Stroke Risk
Young women who develop diabetes during pregnancy (called gestational diabetes) are more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease as they get older compared to women without gestational diabetes (study published Diabetes Care 2008).
Women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are more likely to develop coronary artery disease than women who maintained a normal blood pressure during pregnancy. Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy also develop significant narrowings in c… Continue
Women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are more likely to develop coronary artery disease than women who maintained a normal blood pressure during pregnancy. Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy also develop significant narrowings in c… Continue
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 7:53am —
Increased Testosterone (Not Decreased Estrogen) Causes Weight Gain in Menopausal Women
For years we have believed that pre-menopausal women were protected from heart disease and stroke by estrogen and when estrogen levels decreased after menopause this lead to the increased risk for heart disease. A new study published in the August 2009 issue of Obesity suggests that changes in testosterone levels may play an important role. The SWAN (Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation) study examined the relation between testosterone blood levels and visceral fat in women at different sta… Continue
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 7:48am —
Brand New Book - A Woman's Guide to a Healthier Heart
Women work, clean, cook, take care of children, spouses, parents, pets - but sometimes forget to take care of themselves. Their knowledge about health often comes from a two minute news report or short article. But every week there is some new research report telling us what we need t… Continue
Posted on February 14, 2009 at 8:19pm —
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A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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