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Healthy Heart Hack

Healthy Heart Hack

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Challenge Your Heart in February Stay socially active with friends and family and within your community. Stay physically active with regular exercise Eat a healthy, well-balanced diet — dump the junk food in favor of fiber-rich, low-fat, and low-cholesterol eating. Don’t neglect yourself: Regular check-ups with your doctor, dentist, and optometrist are even more important now. Take all medications as directed by your doctor. Limit alcohol consumption and cut out smoking. Get the sleep that your body needs. Finally, taking…

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Hello, Honey?

Hello, Honey?

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Need a little honey in your life? Bring it ON! Folks seem to love honey for the sweet taste.  Honey has been around since we had bees. Exactly how long honey has been in existence is hard to say. Cave paintings in Spain from 7000BC show the earliest records of beekeeping, however, fossils of honey bees date back about 150 million years! A really long time ago, right. Bees that produce honey (not all do) do it via extraction of the…

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CPR…KNOW HOW?

CPR…KNOW HOW?

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Before Giving CPR 1.Check the scene and the person. Make sure the scene is safe, then rub the person on the shoulder to check for response. 2. Call 911 for assistance. That one person should stay on line until EMS arrives. Remain calm and be able to give clear information on place, person and response at the time. Send someone else to get an AED. 3. With the person lying on his or her back, on hard surface, ground or…

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AED…WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

AED…WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

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AED Steps for Use Automated external defibrillators can help save lives during sudden cardiac arrest: 67 of 100 can be helped with AED. If AED is NOT USED only 3 of 100 are saved. Using the AED These AED steps should be used when caring for a non-breathing child aged 8 or older who weighs more than 55 pounds, or an adult. After checking the scene and ensuring that the person needs help, you should ask a bystander to call…

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Migraines & Food

Migraines & Food

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Everyone seems to know a migraine sufferer, or struggles with migraine themselves.  Some of the statistics from the CDC are really alarming: Migraine is the 3rd most prevalent illness in the world. Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. households includes someone with migraine. Amazingly, 12% of the population – including children – suffers from migraine. 18% of American women, 6% of men, and 10% of children experience migraines. Migraine is most common between the ages of 25 and 55. Migraine tends to…

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Start ….To Be Organized

Start ….To Be Organized

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HOW TO  GET  STARTED ………. TO BE ORGANIZED Here are some important guidelines on how become a responsible partner and learn to control your health decisions. All of us need to be the manager of our own health, or we need a family member or advocate who is familiar with our health situation. Be Prepared, a three-ring binder will help you keep track of your doctors, nurses, and insurance issues, as well as your medications. Keep all information Current. When…

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Medical Health History. How do I write mine?

Medical Health History. How do I write mine?

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To create a detailed health history you should include: •Individual contact information for each of your physician practices ie.. orthopedic, arthritis, gynecology, cardiac, internal medicine, neurology etc. •Each section should include test results that have been done in the past such as any lab test, blood work, EKG, scans, MRI’s. •Highlight past complications to surgeries and include anesthesia difficulties. •Document activities you are currently doing to focus on a healthy lifestyle. •Encourage to give a real account of daily alcohol…

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Reasons why your Living Will should be in your glove compartment and your travel suitcase?

Reasons why your Living Will should be in your glove compartment and your travel suitcase?

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Why do you need to have a Living Will A living will allows you to document your wishes concerning medical treatments. The most important fact is that paper copy of Your Living Will  must be WITH you when you enter the hospital.  Not in your safe deposit box, Not with your children and Not as part of your electronic medical record.  Your spouse vocally sharing your wishes is NOT legally binding. Realize if you arrive in an ER unconscious, we…

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Healthcare Terminology

Healthcare Terminology

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Advance Care Directive – a written statement of a person’s wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor. Living Will – A written document that allows a patient to give explicit instructions about medical treatment to be administered when the patient is terminally ill or permanently unconscious; also called an advance directive. Health Care Power of Attorney – Legal authorization…

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