North Suburban Mended Hearts Chapter 424
Peer-to-peer support for heart disease survivors in the northern suburbs of Chicago.D
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A new study has found that even moderate drinking can increase the risk of A-fib, a heart rhythm abnormality that afflicts some 3 million Americans. To read more, click here…
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A concerning report from Time magazine. To read more, click here…
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Ammar Habib, MD, Interventional Cardiologist at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, recommends taking these five steps to protect your heart:… click here to read more…
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Virtual turnout was high for our February meeting, with members and guests anxious to ask our cardiologist pane about Covid and heart patients. The over0riding message from the doctors — get the vaccine, the risks of not getting it far outweighs the risks of getting it for heart patients. See what else they had to…
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Our Mended Hearts Chapter 424 plans to expand its online communications this year,. Our first step was to create this website inlet 2019. Now we’ve also added a YouTube channel where you can watch any chapter meetings you may have missed. Or simply rewatch the ones you enjoyed the most. Our channel is called North…
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Chef Chrissie Erwin joined us in November to show us some heart-heathy dishes we could make to replace traditional high-fat, high-sedum holiday favorites. You can watch that demo on our new YouTube channel by clicking here. Chef Chrissie also sent along recipes — Healthier Holiday Inspiration with Class Chef to Order 2020Low Carb/ Paleo Stuffing …
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The chapter holds monthly meetings (via Zoom during the pandemic, in-person at Evanston Hospital other times) on topics of interest to heart disease survivors and their caregivers. Topics alternate between medical matters and lifestyle issues.
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Click here to see articles about heart health. You also can view past chapter meetings via a link to our Facebook page and access the National Mended Hearts home page, all from our Other Resources page.
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Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, chapter members would regularly visit with heart patients at Evanston Hospital, letting them know they had support from us as they recovered from their procedures and prepared to begin their new lives. With in-person visits now not possible, Mended Hearts has pivoted nationally to online visits. We can arrange for…
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