7 Surprising Signs of an Unhealthy Heart

February is Heart Health Awareness Month!  Here's a great article by Melanie Haiken, Senior Editor at Caring.com on how to Get Heart Smart and Stay Heart Healthy!

7 Surprising Signs of an Unhealthy Heart
By Melanie Haiken, Caring.com senior editor

We've all read the signs of a heart attack listed on posters in the hospital waiting room. But what if there were other, earlier signs that could alert you ahead of time that your heart was in trouble?

It turns out there are. Researchers have done a lot of work in recent years looking at the signs and symptoms patients experienced in the months or even years leading up to a heart attack. "The heart, together with the arteries that feed it, is one big muscle, and when it starts to fail the symptoms can show up in many parts of the body," says cardiologist Jonathan Goldstein of Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey. Here are seven surprising clues that your heart needs a check. Any of these signs -- and particularly two or more together -- should send you to the doctor for tests.

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Here's to YOUR Healthy Heart!!!

National Wear Red Day – February 6, 2015

1 in 3 women die of heart disease and stroke each year. Celebrate National Wear Red Day with Go Red For Women on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 to help save women’s lives. 

CLICK HERE  to Learn how you can join the movement nationwide and how you can honor women like yourself on this important day!

Why is the red dress the symbol of women and heart disease?

In 2003, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the AHA and other organizations committed to women’s health joined together to raise awareness of women and heart disease. The NHLBI introduced the red dress as a national symbol for women and heart disease awareness and the AHA adopted this symbol to create synergy among all organizations committed to fighting this cause.

By working together to advance this important cause, the AHA, NHLBI and other women’s health groups will have a greater impact than any one group could have alone.

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What Is Love? A Valentine Message from Antari

The following article was first presented to me back in 2001 by my spirit companion, Antari.

Seeing how St. Valentine's Day is a couple of weeks away, I thought I would repost it! (again)

Enjoy!

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What Is Love?

The definitions of Love is as vast as the Universe itself.  It is the only emotion that has it is own Holiday (St. Valentine's day), it is the only emotion that has more songs and poems dedicated in it is name than anyone could possibly count or remember. 

But do you, as an individual, really comprehend and fully understand the true definition of Love?

Love can be found anywhere and everywhere.  And best of all,  when you least at expect it!

There are different levels of love such as love for your spouse,  your boyfriend, your girlfriend , the love you have for your parents and your assorted relatives and siblings; the love for a child, a pet or a dear close friend. All of these are the varying levels of Love.  And while each of these levels go from one degree to another, they all have one vital thing in common ...  it exists in our lives. 

But what is Love?  Really?

Love is energy in its purest and most concentrated form.  It is the most powerful energy in the entire Universe. In fact, it is Love that created the Universe itself.  And it is Love that binds it together.

Throughout human history all the way to this present moment,  obsessions and addictions, pain and abuse  have been, and continues to be, equated to (and with) Love!

In fact, the number one emotion that has been and continues to be equated with Love is ... fear.    It is the only emotion known to humankind to have this claim to fame!  

I would wager you did not even consider that now did you?

How many of you reading this right now (and be HONEST) have equated your obsession and/or addiction to Love?

I shall  make it easier for you by asking you the following questions:

• Do you find yourself not wanting to let go of a person?  

• Do you find yourself saying, "I can't let them go, I've tried!"? 

• Do you find yourself with this seeming "need" to hear their voice, even if it is only a recording, i.e., voice mail?  

• Do you find yourself with this seeming "need" to see them ... if only from a distance or a photograph?

• Do you go out of your way to just "happen" to be somewhere, be it in a store, out on the street and/or online, somewhere you know they are going to be so you can just "casually" run into them?

This is not Love! It is an addiction which often leads to becoming an obsession.  (And in some states, the above is considered stalking! 

But even if it is being done on the most innocent of levels, if you find yourself doing these things ... you are in a state of addiction/obsession and not in the state of Love. 

Love, true and genuine Love, is Freedom for all  parties involved.  It is the Freedom of being.  It is the state in which you are truly happy whether you are with the one you love or not.  Love does not cling or hold on to another.  Love does not need anything to feel complete and whole.  It just IS.

Namaste Beloveds!

Singing Can Lower Your Blood Pressure!

Singing just two songs a day can lower blood pressure by as much as 25 percent, according to Harvard scientists.

Singing has distinct advantages over everyday chitchat. When we sing instead of speak, we have intonation, melody line, and crescendo, which gives us a broader vocabulary to express ourselves. 

You don't have to be a professional to reap the benefits of singing.

While previous studies have shown that listening to music may help lower an individual's blood pressure, new research that was published in the March, 2011 issue of "American Journal Arthritis Care and Research" indicates that singing or producing melodies may provide similar benefits.

The researchers followed a 76-year-old woman through her treatment for bilateral knee osteoarthritis. Despite her use of several drug-based therapies, the doctors had to postpone the woman's procedure (total knee replacement surgery) due to her high blood pressure which had reached 240/120.

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Since you can sing just about anywhere including the shower, it’s an easy way to keep your pressure under control. So go ahead, channel your inner pop star to stay heart healthy.

MISSING TEENAGE GIRL IN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY

UPDATE!

KAYLA IS HOME! 

SAFE & SOUND!

MISSING TEENAGE GIRL

LOUISVILLE METRO AREA
KENTUCKY


Kayla Morris  was last seen taking the bus to school last Friday (August 30, 2013)  


IMPORTANT

Kayla has a medical condition and is believed to be without her medications.    She NEEDS her medication to survive!

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IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION  OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF KAYLA, PLEASE CONTACT THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT

(502) 574-LMPD (5673) 

or toll free at 1-866-649-4479