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The 2018 Heart Sisters blog posts you liked best

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by Carolyn Thomas   ♥  @HeartSisters   ♥  December 30, 2018

This year, a “Best Of” list with a twist. Usually my behind-the-scenes WordPress stats page tracks total views so far for each article I write. That kind of all-time list, however, simply favours the oldest articles, most of which have the advantage of attracting readers over and over, year after year ever since I launched Heart Sisters back in 2009. So this year, here are your Top 10 most-read of the dozens of articles I wrote in 2018: Continue reading “The 2018 Heart Sisters blog posts you liked best” →

The 2018 Summer Blogging Challenge

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥  @HeartSisters  ♥  August 12, 2018

My blogging friend Nancy Stordahl, author of several books about breast cancer, including (best title ever!) “Cancer is Not a Gift and it Didn’t Make Me a Better Person”, as well as the excellent breast cancer blog Nancy’s Point, sent me a little nudge this week. Perfect timing for an invitation to participate in her 4th Annual Summer Blogging Challenge.  It’s hot outside, I’m cranky, I’ve attempted writing half a dozen blog posts this week  yet abandoned all of them – maybe Nancy’s challenge will help me feel unstuck.

Her invitation: just answer the following 12 questions about being a blogger (or about the blogs you enjoy reading). Feel free to accept her challenge yourself. Continue reading “The 2018 Summer Blogging Challenge” →

Meet 2009 ‘Women’s Health Heroes’

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥   @HeartSisters

Last month, I was thrilled to learn that the legendary women’s health collective ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves‘ in Boston had named me one of their 2009 ‘Women’s Health Heroes’ – one of 20 inductees honoured from seven countries, each of us involved in some form of community activism to promote women’s health.

My own efforts (helping to raise women’s awareness of heart disease – our #1 killer – through public presentations and through Heart Sisters, the website you’re now visiting) seem to pale in comparison to the stellar accomplishments of the other 19 Women’s Health Heroes for 2009.

Let’s meet them here:  click to continue reading

Preventing women’s top 10 health threats

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Heart disease is the #1 killer of women in North America.  But it’s not the only threat that is deadly for us.  Our most serious – yet largely preventable – health threats are:

  • 1. heart disease
  • 2. cancer – particularly lung cancer
  • 3. stroke
  • 4. COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
  • 5. Alzheimer’s disease
  • 6. motor vehicle accidents
  • 7. type 2 diabetes
  • 8. influenza
  • 9. kidney disease
  • 10. blood poisoning

Find out more from Mayo Clinic about prevention tips for these top 10 killers.

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