by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
The important documentary film called “A Typical Heart“ is a triumph.
It’s about the deadly disparity in diagnosis, treatment and outcomes among male and female heart patients. It packs an incredible load of unforgettable facts and quotable quotes into just 22 short minutes. . Continue reading “This documentary film pulls no punches!”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
Crying is a natural and effective way to relieve stress by releasing stress hormones like cortisol, triggering feel-good endorphins and oxytocin, activating the body’s calming parasympathetic nervous system, and helping to restore emotional balance, leading to a sense of relief and improved mood. It acts as a safety valve for overwhelming emotions, helping you process difficult feelings rather than bottling them up, which can be detrimental to your health. (Cleveland Clinic Health Library)
I was relieved to learn about all those health benefits of crying, because I’d just spent an entire appointment at the Urgent Care Clinic, silently weeping uncontrollably.
But I wasn’t crying that evening because I was scared or in pain. – continue to page 2 (below):
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
After reading my recent Heart Sisters post called Finally – Some Good News, my longtime reader Kathleen left this reassuring response for me:
“I am so happy for you! Not out of the woods, but many, many more clearings and the light is brighter every day.”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is a bio-ethicist, an oncologist, a health policy expert and a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He’s also the author of many books – including one particular title launching this week that I’ve been waiting for all my life.
It’s called: “Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules For a Long and Healthy Life“
But in a professional field like medicine, whose members repeatedly warn their patients against consuming unhealthy processed foods including (of course!) ice cream, I had to wonder:“What’s the catch?” Continue reading “Doctor’s orders I love: “Eat your ice cream!””
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
A few years after I survived a misdiagnosed heart attack in 2008, I read a U.K. study focused on what researchers at the Institute of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics call Patient Neglect.(1) This healthcare phenomenon includes both Procedural Neglect (“failing to achieve the objective standards of patient care”) and Caring Neglect (“behaviours that lead patients and observers to believe that staff have uncaring attitudes.”) Continue reading “Caring neglect: behaviours that lead us to believe our healthcare professionals don’t care”
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