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–Her Heart Donor
(by Cathy O’Leary) Kayla Gerrans still cannot believe she came close to needing a heart transplant just because she was pregnant. Only now —18 months after she collapsed with heart failure in a hospital carpark — can she talk about her brush with death when she developed rare pregnancy-induced heart failure.
(From the University of Illinois) Risk for heart failure weeks after giving birth is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and death in the U.S. — with the rate of pregnancy-related deaths more than doubling between 1987 and 2011.
(By Aisha Dow) Wearing multicoloured pyjamas, Lauren Przedworski weaved through crowds as she sprinted down Little Lonsdale Street. She had barely managed to pull her shoes on as she slammed her apartment door behind her.
By Jennifer Clopton. Christine Shockey suspected she was having a heart attack when she awoke at 2 a.m. with excruciating pain shooting down her left arm. But it took medical professionals 5 days to figure it out — a delay that changed her health forever. Shockey went to the ER to have her pain checked out and told the doctors that 8 days earlier, her 43-year-old sister had a type of heart attack called spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD. The mother of two living in Council Bluffs, IA, was 42 at the time, a runner with no known health or heart problems.
(originally posted by Harvard Health) Although about 20% of people with afib don’t notice any symptoms, it can trigger a range of unsettling problems. These include a fluttering or thumping sensation in the chest, breathlessness, dizziness, anxiety, weakness, fainting, confusion, and fatigue.
By ABC News Breakfast VIDEO: Heart surgeon Nikki Stamp explains the science behind dying of a broken heart (ABC News) When Carrie Fisher died in late 2016 the film…
(By Richard Ferguson) Mukesh Haikerwal will receive the nation’s highest civilian honour today but the former head of the doctors’ union said he’s lucky to have made it to Australia Day 2018 at all.
This video tells the story of a young woman focused on challenging stereotypes, positive body image and the mental health benefits of physical activity.
