Michael and David donning their new jerseys at the TdF - Stage 8, Morzine - Avoriaz. Thank you guys!
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9th
Jul
2010
MI Aware, It all started with the following story:
Posted by Scott under About MIAware
MI Aware would like to thank the people who’ve made this possible.
Tag New Media for believing in our cause and getting us set up with our phase I website.
Paradise Bakery for providing us with a venue and your generous support for our events.
Steve Francisco of JDK for your tireless creativity and branding guidance.
Andrew Gardner of Press Forward PR for your absolute writing brilliance and PR guidance.
And last but not least, my wife and daughter for your unwavering support.
Saturday’s weather turned out perfect for a little pave colorado style. Congrats to everyone who rode their heart’s out and thank you for participating.
Special thanks to Lisa Kasin, who saved the day with her multiple station support, Tim Young, and Cat Pieck for coming off the couch to make the Midstate Motors / Old Snowmass Conoco aid station a big success.
We had 5 guys put their Widowmaker aspirations on hold to keep everyone safe and accounted for from mile 0 – 50 and to Rob Bordan, Dylan Johns, Chris Klug, Tom Ogden, and Spencer Yates, we say thank you!!
Photo’s coming!
25th
Jun
2010
Dr. Gould’s guidelines for preventing and reversing heart disease.
Posted by Scott under Education
GOALS FOR REVERSAL
STOP SMOKING
FOOD: PROTEIN ,VEGGIES, FRUIT
- VERY LOW FAT
- LOW CHOLESTEROL
- STATINS
- NIACIN
- FIBRATES
LOW CARBOHYDRATE
LEAN BODY WEIGHT
CHOLESTEROL MEDICATIONS
CHOLESTEROL GOALS
CONTROLLED BLOOD PRESSURE
MODERATE EXERCISE
DE-STRESS
Visit the following link for more info: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/pet/patients/preventing-goals-of-reversal-therapy.htm
Arm, chest, neck, and back pain, discomfort or an uncomfortable feeling are all symptoms of a heart attack. As is an overwhelming feeling of impending doom. That last symptom is to bizarre, as the 2nd anniversary of my first symptoms is fast approaching.
I was racing at the time and had finished my solo efforts and was caught by the group. Once dropped from the main group, it was just another routine training ride for me. However, I can’t help but remember how vivid the calling was for me to consider getting off the bike and getting into the support vehicle. I can’t help but remember my questioning whether I’d be able to make it to the finish line with only 12 miles to go. After all, it was just a 26 mile training ride by myself to return.
When I got back to the car, I was slightly weak and just a bit perplexed as to why I was feeling so lousy. I ate something and had a drink only to get that upset stomach feeling. You know the kind which is similar to, “heart burn.” Turns out, that burn was not a burn at all. It was a neurological response and the pain was coming from the Apex of my heart where my LAD (Left Anterior Descending) coronary artery was 90% blocked or more.
Once the pain in my stomach as I called it started, I had a friend drive me home. At that time, I did the usual post-race clean up and layed down after researching heat stroke and exhaustion on the internet. So it wasn’t that I completely ignored the symptoms or warning signs, my wife and I mis-self-diagnosed the problem.
The arm pain or burning sensation between my elbow and armpit in both arms, was not the old symptom we were always told to look out for in 8th grade health class. Nor was the pain in my chest, the lower thorax, not the upper chest region.
In any event, I’m lucky to be here writing about the warning signs and urge you to familiarize yourself with them.
MI Aware on Aspen Public Radio today with Mitzi Rapkin. MI Aware aims to inspire the active community to get educated through MI story and other MI stories. The many faces featured in our MI stories campaign will provide information which makes the most unlikely of candidates for heart disease to question their risk and begin the process of understanding it further.
Read MI story, “MI Aware, I am Now”, from our website and forward it on to your friends and family. It is sure to inspire them to seek knowledge and understanding of their risk and to take action.
18th
Feb
2010
An Introduction to Coronary Artery Disease and The Weatherhead PET Imaging Center
Posted by Scott under PET News
Coronary Heart Disease is the most common form of heart disease in this country and the primary cause of heart attacks. It is the single largest killer of American men and women resulting in more premature deaths than any other illness, more than cancer and accidents combined. In men, the first symptom of heart disease is commonly a heart attack and 50 percent of firsttime heart attacks are fatal causing more than 550,000 deaths each year commonly in the prime of life. Almost everyone has heard a story of some strong vital hardworking man who suddenly drops dead just as he was settling into retirement or finished paying off his mortgage. This man most likely had no symptoms prior to the attack, that was caused by sudden plaque rupture of mild cholesterol deposits in the walls of his coronary arteries.
Women develop coronary artery disease somewhat later in life and “catch up” with men by 65 to 70 years old when deaths due to coronary heart disease are comparable to or greater than men.
The Weatherhead PET Imaging Center for Preventing and Reversing Atherosclerosis is dedicated to the primary prevention of death and disability from heart disease. We accomplish this in two steps: First, detecting heart disease early with PET imaging, the most sensitive and accurate noninvasive test for finding early heart disease. Second, by educating people and implementing lifestyle changes and medications to correct the causes of heart disease in the people at highest risk for it.
We know what it is like to miss the warning signs of a heart attack and suffer the consequences. Let’s stop heart attacks before they happen! Begin your prevention education by reading MI Aware? I aM Now!
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