My time here at A Hearty Life is finished. I am moving on to go back to work full time as a nurse. I am both excited and sad. I have looked forward to being able to do this for a long time- but it is a big change. I have enjoyed the time I have had with you- especially your questions and comments. I wish you all continued success, happiness, health and smiles. Please welcome the next writer with a big hello and open arms. Take care and stay heart healthy! Kendra [Read more]

Well my time here at Diabetes Notes is finished. I have enjoyed the last year and a half but I am moving on and going back to work full time as a nurse. I am excited and have looked forward to being able to do this since my youngest was a baby! I love nursing and the people interaction. I wish you all success, health and happiness and please welcome the next writer with open arms and a great big hello! Take care! Fondly- Kendra [Read more]

We have all read in the past that diesel fuel fumes and particles can attribute to heart disease and increases plaques in the cardiac tissue. But now UCLA researchers have concluded that the smallest, eensy weensy, teeny tiny little particle from vehicle emissions may be be the one that packs the biggest punch.I know, it is a little hard to wrap your brain around this one right? Now we can’t even walk down the street without the ghostly whispers of our arteries hardening form plaque. Depressing… The scientists identified a way in which pollutant particles may promote hardening of the arteries — by inactivating the protective qualities of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, known as “good” cholesterol. We are talking really... [Read more]

We as women have to take better care of ourselves! I know there is so much to do and take care of, besides you, but it is so important. Just look at what the numbers are saying… I am just as guilty as the next women, I take care of everyone first and then forget about me but as I grow older I am realizing how important this is. The trend among women was more alarming, with hypertension rates in the 1990s reversing and beginning to increase, researchers said. Between the early 1990s and early 2000s, the prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension in adult women increased from 17 percent to more than 22 percent. At the same time, the rate of hypertension in men decreased from 19 percent to 17 percent. [Read more]

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