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  When faced with symptoms like shortness of breath, sharp chest pain, and dizziness, women are the first ones to say, “I just need to rest for a bit, I’ll be fine once I get this done and ...

  

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  Health Tip: Heart Disease, One of a Few Commonly Misdiagnosed Conditions in Women

  By Christine Jeffries on March 30, 2011 - 11:01am
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  I am one of about 15 certified CPR/AED responders for my office where I work. We are trained every two years and I wanted to share something that was taught to us in class that took me ...

  

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  CPR: Heart Attacks and Things You Need To Know

  By miscortes HERWriter Guide on June 30, 2010 - 1:17pm
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  The medication - sublingual nitroglycerin tablets - is placed under the tongue to relieve chest pain or to stop a heart attack. Some 80 percent of the 4.4 million prescriptions written ...

  

  Millions Learn Common Prescription Heart Drugs Are Not FDA Approved

  By Pat Elliott on March 28, 2010 - 8:38pm
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  Important video that might be worth watching ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5huVSebZpM

  

  New CPR

  By Anonymous on February 4, 2010 - 9:41am

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  Ever danced so hard you thought you were going to pass out from exhaustion? Run so far or exercised so much that your heart was pounding in your chest as you dripped with sweat? Maybe ...

  

  Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Dehydration and Michael Jackson: How You Can Protect Yourself

  By Dr. Carrie Jones Expert HERWriter on August 5, 2009 - 10:30pm
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  Quick defibrillation can increase the chances of survival for hospital patients who have cardiac arrest, but sometimes the treatment is not quick enough and a new study has found that ...

  

  Response Times Vary for In-Hospital Heart Attacks

  on August 2, 2009 - 6:44am

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  A veteran distance runner, seemingly in top shape, collapsed during the White Rock Marathon on December 14, 2008 in Dallas, TX on and later died in the hospital.

  

  Marathon Tragedy a Rare Reality of Distance Running

  By alysiak on December 16, 2008 - 8:32pm

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