Here are some links of new publications. All are ideas revisited by me from over the last few months. I read through a lot, and I mean a lot, of science journals and such this morning but the ones that I found the most interesting and news worthy were very similar to research I have shared previous. The new research takes things a step further…
Depression linked to death following heart attack…Depression nearly triples the risk of death following a heart attack, even when accounting for other heart attack risk factors, according to research presented today at the American College …read more

Pretty big stuff to report. Researchers out of Wake Forest, National Institute of Health as well as other institutions have discovered a previously undetected chemical process within the oxygen carrying molecule hemoglobin that could have huge implications for cardiovascular disease. Just what does hemoglobin do anyway?
In the bloodstream, iron-rich hemoglobin consumes, on contact, any free nitric oxide released by the blood vessels, so the idea that hemoglobin participates in forming nitric oxide had seemed implausible until recently.
Basically…hemoglobin is the iron rich oxygen transport protein in the red blood cells. That is the easiest way I know to explain it …read more

Heart disease of the left main coronary artery has been found to be an inherited condition. Families tend to “share” this form of heart disease.
“In our study we focused on the coronary disease pattern underlying coronary artery disease and found that, for left main coronary artery disease, 49 percent of the phenotypic variation that is due to genetic effects was inherited. This substantial heritability is even higher than that for coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction in general.”
Why is this important? It can provide for more intensive screening and treatment strategies for patients that have known heart disease …read more

Here is a little quizey-poo with my ever so lovely hubby. Let’s see how much info he has absorbed through the years of living with this cardiac nurse…
1. What is a MI?
Myocardial Infarction- right oh!
2. What is a normal cholesterol number?
low 100 to mid 100’s- he is so good!
3. What is a normal triglyceride number?
what are they?- oh brother.
4. What is Plavix?
is it a blood thinner?- very surprising!
5. Who dies more from heart attacks, men or women?
I think it is men, but the answer might be women. I know that African American’s die …read more