A tonic for tumultuous times: an interview with “Reasons To Be Cheerful”

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I felt honoured and humbled to be interviewed recently by Dr. Michaela Haas, contributing editor at Reasons To Be Cheerful, a unique solutions-focused non-profit described as “part magazine, part therapy session, part blueprint for a better world.”   
 
RTBC was founded in 2018 by artist and musician David Byrne (yes, that David Byrne of Talking Heads fame!) who has called this project “a tonic for tumultuous times”.  And if the times we’re living in aren’t tumultuous, I don’t know what is.

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Cholesterol and eggs: what’s a heart patient to believe? Registered Dietitian Cheryl Strachan tells all!

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 Carolyn Thomas   ♥  @HeartSisters

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Cheryl Strachan is a Registered Dietitian, nutritionist, cardiac specialist, and author of the 30-Minute Heart Healthy Cookbook (HINT: a terrific holiday gift idea for yourself or any heart patient!)  Cheryl says she loves “to banish food stress and help people with heart concerns get comfortable in the kitchen again.”  Much of Cheryl’s professional career was spent working with local cardiac support groups and rehabilitation programs in Calgary. I’ve been following her patient-friendly Sweet Spot Nutrition blog for several years, and when I read her recent article about eggs and cholesterol, I immediately asked her permission to share this controversial and often misunderstood topic here for my own readers living with heart disease. Keep on reading, below. . . Continue reading “Cholesterol and eggs: what’s a heart patient to believe? Registered Dietitian Cheryl Strachan tells all!” →

“Hedging” during diagnostic uncertainty

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥  @HeartSisters

You know the term “hedging your bets”?  Basically, it’s defined by Oxford as “doing something to protect yourself against future problems.”   It turns out that when doctors are not 100 per cent sure of the medical diagnosis they are about to share with a patient, researchers who study “diagnostic uncertainty” suggest that these docs tend to start hedging.
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“Throws are far more important than catches”

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by Carolyn Thomas    ♥    @HeartSisters

Earlier this year, I was asked by my book publisher (Johns Hopkins University Press, the oldest academic publisher in North America) if I would write an updated 2nd edition of my book, A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease. At first, I said NO,  and then I said MAYBE – and then when JHUP’s Senior Acquisitions Editor told me we could change the title of a 2nd edition, I immediately said: “Well, YES!!   Continue reading ““Throws are far more important than catches”” →