I am asking for your expertise and experiences tonight! Has anyone out there tried the Chantix drug to cease their nasty ol’ smoking habit? I know that with every single cardiac patient we do the whole stop smoking spiel and are now offering up a huge number of prescriptions for this “magic” little medicine.
I am curious if number one it worked for you? Number two… any side effects or issues with it? I have seen a lot, and I mean a lot, of patients lately having anxiety and severe panic attacks, heart palpitations and that isn’t even the tip of …read more

Anger really can trigger a heart attack. But then, so can getting sick, being too hot, being too cold, air pollution, lack of sleep, grief, overeating, natural disasters, exercise and sex.
The worst thing for true cardiac patient is the actual event of waking in the morning? What you say? Apparently that is true. I have heard this several times from different cardiologists and listened to the stories in nursing school, but you think to your self, no way!
Then I found a nifty little article written by Robin Lloyd for LiveScience and it was explained very well, if …read more