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Last Minute Gift Idea for Dad: AEHA Encourages Families to Give Fathers a Heart Test

By Anonymous

June 19, 2004 -- Estimating that heart attacks have left at least five million American families fatherless, the Association for Eradication of Heart Attack (AEHA) says the most heart-felt Father’s Day gift may be a heart test.

A heart test can be as cheap as a $50 blood test for C-reactive protein (CRP) or Cholesterol. If your father has already done these tests, a non-invasive imaging of the heart, such as a CT scan (also called a heart scan), is another important element of AEHA’s proposed National Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education (SHAPE) Program. AEHA recommends that everyone over age 35 should be aware of their short-term and long-term risk of heart attack.

AEHA is working to bridge the gap between the new science and the traditional medical practice for prevention of heart attack. Earlier this year, AEHA proposed new comprehensive risk assessment guidelines that incorporate novel diagnostic tools that are available to practicing physicians. The National SHAPE Program is a multi-step comprehensive risk assessment strategy.

The three-step initiative includes the following: 1) assessment of traditional risk factors through the Framingham Risk Score and a blood test called C-reactive protein (CRP) for everyone over age 35; 2) non-invasive imaging, such as a CT scan for those ranked as high risk through the Framingham Risk Score or CRP; and 3) intra-vascular ultrasound imaging for those found to have a high total plaque burden by CT. An aggressive medical therapy and lifestyle modification for those ranked high risk in each step is strongly suggested. In addition to aggressive medical therapy, which should be widely practiced by physicians, advanced pre-emptive interventions, such as surgery and stenting, are open to physicians’ decision making for the first time.

The goal of a heart scan is to measure the calcium deposits in the coronary arteries and other major arteries. This gives a cardiologist a relatively good indication of how much calcified plaque has built up within the arteries. Recent discoveries have confirmed that heart attacks are caused by inflammation and wounds in the walls of arteries that feed the heart muscle. Some of these wounds heal and, during the healing process, they create scars that cause narrowing.

“Imaging the body’s total plaque burden can serve as a reasonable surrogate marker of the risk in the majority of at risk individuals, said Dr. Morteza Naghavi, the Founder and President of AEHA. “Even so, a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s risk is a necessity. Ultimately, we hope to get America’s families thinking and talking about issues surrounding heart attack prevention.”

Heart disease is the number one cause of death among men. Unfortunately, current guidelines used to detect those susceptible to heart attacks fail in identifying many high-risk individuals. According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 88 percent of heart attack victims would have been considered low to moderate risk if they were tested with current national guidelines the prior day.

“Perhaps the best Father’s Day gift of all would be a brief conversation with dad to encourage him to ask his doctor about the latest advances in heart attack prevention, and sign him up at a local gym or wellness center,” said Naghavi. “I can’t think of a better way to let dad know how much he means to the family and how much you would miss him if he was gone.”

Originated from the Texas Medical Center in Houston, the AEHA is a non-profit organization that promotes education and research related to mechanism, prevention, detection and treatment of heart attacks. The organization is committed to raising public awareness about recent revolutionary discoveries that revealed arteriosclerosis (fat build-up in the arteries) as an inflammatory disease and opened exciting new avenues to prevent heart attack including vaccination strategies. The AEHA's mission is to eradicate heart attacks before the end of the century. Additional information is available on the organization's Web site at www.vp.org.



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How to Become Heart Healthy

By Anonymous

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HOW TO BECOME HEART HEALTHY

By Tel Franklin, M.D.
Founder, Center for Appreciative Medicine in Monterey and author of EXPECT A MIRACLE: You Won’t Be Disappointed: A Workbook for your Healing Journey Using Appreciative Medicine


Named One of the 50 Outstanding Family Physicians in California, Dr. Franklin authored and was the primary investigator for studies on treating coronary heart disease through lifestyle modifications at the University Medical Centers of North Carolina.

In an effort to battle coronary heart disease, the single leading cause of death in the U.S. and to promote heart healthiness which leads to overall better health, he has compiled the following in honor of American Heart Month…

© HOW TO BECOME HEART HEALTHY ©

1.    Healthier relationships are essential.
Whether with your mate, family, friends or colleagues, sound relationships are necessary for a healthy you.

2.    Love is a prerequisite to complete wellness.
The ability to share and be open and honest leads to increased health.

3.    Emotional and physiological reactions inherent in a loving relationship are key.
As a result of a loving relationship, the reactions that occur in the human body are a key factor to optimal health.

4.    Bring good wishes, actions and thoughts towards others.
Opening your heart and feelings will heal you from within.

5.    Be open to apologizing or offering forgiveness after a dispute.
Nothing plagues well-being more than harboring ill feelings

6. Show your gratitude for someone special in your past or present.
It is healthy to remember the good times and reach out to someone who has made a difference in our life.

7.    To maintain the best of health be sure to take care of your mind, body & spirit.
Increase longevity through a good diet, plenty of exercise, stress reduction or relaxation techniques. Also, consider prayer which studies have linked to healing.

8. Celebrate love & life everyday!
Make a conscious choice to always appreciate the miracle of life and embrace it with all those around you.








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First-Time Heart Attack Survivors Have a 500% Greater Risk of Sudden Death--New Book Aims At Reducing Risk—

By Anonymous

Camarillo, CA February 14, 2004--What Readers are Saying about Heart Attack Survivor...

DICK BUTKUS, NFL Hall of Famer and Chicago Bear Legend has graciously said about "Heart Attack Survivor" -- I picked up your book at Steve Thomas BMW last Thurs. Friday I had a flight from LAX to Pittsburgh and I couldn't put the book down the whole trip! So much of the "stuff" one goes thru after an attack or even the 5-way bypass I experienced was dealt with in a very thought provoking manner. It is Sunday night and I have tried a few of the suggestions and can honestly say that there has been a change in my attitude in two short days. I have roughly 787 marbles to go! Thank you for reminding me to make them all count,

Dr. RICHARD CARLSON, author of "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" -- says about Heart Attack Survivor - a field guide "Practical, helpful, and full of great life-affirming advice. Anyone with a heart, healthy or not, will enjoy this book!"

TED GALLUP, a physical therapist and the Wellness Director at a large Nursing Facility -- said about "Heart Attack Survivor" I am a 43 year old man who survived a massive heart attack on Dec 1, 2003. Being a physical therapist and the Wellness Director at a large Nursing Facility, I have the background knowledge to lead a healthy life, but I succombed to poor genetics. I have been a runner for 30 years, practiced and taught yoga and tai chi, and ate lowfat healthy foods for years, but still stress and family history lead to this cardiac event. My good fortune is that my pre-condition was so good that my recovery is expected to be speedy and hopefully full. I am focusing on continuing to do all the right things, and in addition attempt to lower my stress levels. Your book has been my constant companion this last week as I rest and begin cardiac rehab. I recommended the field guide to my cardiac nurse. Thank you for being out there! I am sure the book will make a difference in my life beyond what it already has.

- In His New Book “Heart Attack Survivor,” Brad Henson Shares The Driving Forces of Longevity Before and After Heart Trauma.

HERE’S THE STORY:
“Heart Attack Survivor” is the field guide for heart attack victims who are determined to outlive their disease. This extraordinary book gives one of a kind advice because it’s author devised the book’s exceptional life-guiding principles in the aftermath of his own heart trauma to take himself from merely striving to completely thriving.

After Brad Henson’s heart attack his life seemed to come to a screeching stop. He felt truly lost, alone, and frustrated because no one was present with him to answer his most pressing every day concerns.

Brad went on a quest, making a lifetime commitment to scrupulously performing in-depth research on the subject of completely conquering his cardiac challenge. He was truly committed to making his life experience the most brilliant, outstanding and incomparable event possible.

What Brad discovered was truly extraordinary. He discovered that the answer to regaining his life back and shaking off the fear could be found in making a systematic series of profoundly simple life changes. The result of Brad’s discoveries became a book unlike any other book that has been written related to the topic of heart attack survival. No other book gives you revolutionary ways to actually change personality flaws that make you susceptible to a heart attack.

This is the first and only book on heart trauma that shouts the concerns heart attack victims experience the most — while providing clear ground-solid solutions. The book covers the foremost uses of proper nutrition with a list of actual supplements that reduce risk factors for future heart attacks. The book outlines matchless techniques for building spousal support and excels in dealing with the practical issue of resuming sexual activity after trauma. The book helps survivors identify and reduce the most common real life stress triggers while giving remarkably effective stress point reduction techniques that work almost instantly to relieve feelings of pressure.

“Heart Attack Survivor” will become the inseparable companion of anyone who has recently outlived their own heart trauma experience. Author Brad Henson, continues to provide living proof that his techniques and ideas help regenerate life after a heart attack and that real survival lasts a lifetime — a very long lifetime.

Visit Brad online at his official website, http://heartattacksurivor.com

For radio, television interviews, or speaking requests, contact Brad at 805-484-8003.

He has an amazing story of his experience of dying in the emergency room while doctors paddled him back to life and the profound effect this has had to help others conquer their own heart trauma.

About Crow Publishing

Mission

Crows mission is to help people from around the world achieve their greatest potential.

Strategy Statement

Crow Publishing is in the business of developing and marketing media products to teach people how to live a "No-limit" lifestyles and to successfully deal with "Stress events" in their lives. Through its editorial content, Crow will be a vessel to "inform" through the use of "how-to's" to promote "Life-strategies" for living a long full abundantly radiant life. The media published under Crow imprint are for all levels of the human experience.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Brad Henson
Crow Publishing
805-484-8003
http://www.heartattacksurvivor.com



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