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Archive for the ‘Heart Health’ Category

April 1st, 2008

No More Mouth-to-Mouth…

No one ever wants to be placed in a position where they have to perform CPR on someone. But we all learn just in case. We sweat through the first aid class and try desperately to remember the steps. We worry about how many times we have to breathe into the person, where to push […]

By Liz -- 3 comments

February 28th, 2008

A Month of Heart Health All Wrapped Up for You

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Another month has come and gone. But February was such an important month, as it focused on recognizing the severity of heart health issues and how to take steps to try and outsmart such an unforgiving and non-biased disease.
Here at Healthbolt, we aimed to give […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

February 23rd, 2008

Sexbolt Saturday: Hit the Sheets, People. Sex is Good For You!

Last week on Sexbolt Saturday, we discussed why the Big O is such a big boon. While this is true and exciting as all get out, the bottom line is that not every horizontal romp ends in that big moment. So can sex without climaxing be good for you too? The answer in short: Oh, […]

By Liberty -- 1 comment

February 14th, 2008

Have Some Heart on Valentine’s Day

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Happy Love Day, dear, sweet, precious readers. Did you get a little housework done, wink wink? Shower your love interest with some oh-so-special V-Day treats? That’s fab. Hopefully your evening will progress beautifully, then.
In case your more in the mood to surf, however, we’ve got a Hearty dose of linkage for you. Kendra at […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

February 14th, 2008

Happy Valentines Day.

Yeah, I know this is a health blog but we thought it be nice to give you all something sweet and from the heart this Valentine’s Day.
And what could be sweeter that a cupcake…shaped like a heart. These were found over at Street Anatomy.
       
Okay, so they might look a little too realistic, what with […]

By Liz -- 0 comments

February 7th, 2008

Dangit! Now Diet Soda is Bad for You, Too?!?

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Okay, okay. It’s taking me a while, but I’m starting to get the hint that soda, in all its glorious forms, is bad for you. Are you getting that idea, too?
First there was the upheaval over caffeine. Then came the whole dark soda attack. Now, my beloved diet soda is under fire, but this […]

By Liberty -- 19 comments

February 5th, 2008

Listen to Your Heart.

Television Ads that have heart…

Super Bowl ad: CareerBuilder.com - Follow Your Heart

Super Bowl 2007 Beat the Risk

JC Penney Heart Ad

The Beat - British Heart Foundation TV Ad 2007
Don’t you just love the creativity….
My favorite - the ‘Follow Your Heart’ ad.
What’s yours ?

By Liz -- 2 comments

February 1st, 2008

Links for Your Heart Healthy Pleasure

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Happy National Heart Health Month! Below, Liz did an awesome job outlining some statistics and ideas on heart disease, and here I’ll throw a few links at you to hopefully give you even more resources to draw on, since this is such a huge issue in our nation.
Lots of people wonder about the benefits […]

By Liberty -- 2 comments

February 1st, 2008

Today is National Wear Red Day.

                       
February 1st is National Wear Red Day throughout America. Forget your usual working suit and dig out that red dress, shirt or tie and put it on.  Wear red to indicate your awareness that heart disease is the number one killer of women. And I’m not talking broken heart here. Believe it or not, you can […]

By Liz -- 5 comments

January 31st, 2008

Is Super Bowl Sunday bad for your heart?

Remember the old joke that many wives across America become ‘football widows’ on Super Bowl Sunday. Well, a new study published a couple of day ago in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that for some this could well become a reality. The acute stress and emotional rollercoaster that dedicated fans embark on when […]

By Liz -- 0 comments