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

Pompe disease is a rare neuromuscular genetic disorder that affects approximately 5,000 to 10,000 people world wide. It occurs in babies, children, and adults who inherit a defective gene from each parent. The disease manifestations can vary greatly from one person to the next.
I have to admit, until I was contacted to write about Pompe disease, I had only heard it mentioned once or twice in nursing school. It is one of those diseases that you will come across once through out your entire clinical career. This disease has devastating ramifications on both the patient, and the family …read more