Tips for holding a garage sale
Chicago Sun-Times Tue, 31 May 2011 17:46 PM PDT
Hard to believe, but there is an upside to spring cleaning. It’s called the garage sale â€" the only warm-weather rite that pays you back in cash.The first, and hardest, step in decluttering your household is to harden your heart to the pitiful pleas of family members to spare possessions they swear they can’t live without â€" but haven’t looked at in years. They’ll change their mind once you start ... |
Mental Health Heart Link Already Established, Says Charity
Medical News Today Tue, 31 May 2011 17:30 PM PDT
New research has suggested people with significant mental illness may not be receiving the care they need after a heart attack. Researchers from the University of Leicester compared the care given to those with and without serious mental disorders and found the number of mentally ill people who died of acute coronary events, like a heart attack, was higher than expected. The study findings also ... |
Niacin Does Not Reduce Stroke Or Heart Attack Risk, Trial Ended 18 Months Early
Medical News Today Tue, 31 May 2011 17:30 PM PDT
Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, vitamin B3 or vitamin PP does not protect patients with vascular and heart disease from stroke or heart attack. A clinical trial which compared combination niacin with a statin versus statins alone had to be ended 18 months early, according to Abbot Laboratories and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Niacin is an organic compound with the formula ... |
Cardiac risks 'higher' for mentally ill
The Scotsman Tue, 31 May 2011 16:11 PM PDT
People with mental illness are less likely to be offered treatment after a heart attack and are more likely to die, research suggests. |
Pain of C. difficile is real to this Niagara family
Welland Tribune Tue, 31 May 2011 15:42 PM PDT
NIAGARA FALLS â€" When the news was confirmed, a suffocating fear fell on Rick Cressman's family. His father, recovering from a quadruple heart-bypass operation, had contracted a C. difficile infection â€" the same infection that had recently claimed the life of his mother.[...] |
Risk Of Blood Clots In Veins Hereditary
redOrbit Tue, 31 May 2011 15:39 PM PDT
In a nationwide study, researchers at the Centre for Primary Health Care Research in Malmö, Sweden, have mapped the significance of hereditary factors in venous thromboembolism. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common type of cardiovascular disease after coronary heart disease and stroke. Researchers at the Centre for Primary Health Care Research in Malmö have mapped the ... |
Lakewood educator always placed family, kids first
Everett Herald Tue, 31 May 2011 15:19 PM PDT
When Marlys Jensen made friends, they became friends for life. A career-long Lakewood School District employee, loyal member of Everett High School's class of 1957, and Assistance League volunteer, Jensen was known for opening her heart and home to her cherished family and countless friends. |
Suspect killed in officer-involved shooting identified
KVUE-TV Austin Tue, 31 May 2011 15:12 PM PDT
A man was shot, a teen wounded, and an APD officer hospitalized after an officer-involved shooting in East Austin. Tuesday morning, the family of 20-year-old Byron Carter, Jr. waited outside the yellow crime scene tape for the official word that he was dead. "My heart is beating fast. It's racing. It's hard,†Byron Carter, Sr. said. As dad Byron Carter Senior watched officers investigate the ... |
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