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Instructions for Heart-to-Heart Chat Room
This is a new section for everyone to share their positive experiences, tips, recipes and encouragement for others doing this program as well! It is completely anonymous and if you would like to make a comment, the user ID and password is posted at the end of my blog on the right-hand side of the page if you hover over…
Cholesterol
According to the 2018 guidelines on the management of blood cholesterol published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)Trusted Source, these are the acceptable, borderline, and high measurements for adults. All values are in mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter) and are based on fasting measurements. Total cholesterol HDL cholesterol LDL cholesterol Triglycerides Good Less…
Free exercise videos
Received this from one of our patients! If you have Cox DVR services, go to “Freezone” , then tab to “Health and Wellness”, then tab to “Mag Rack Fitness” and you will get a wonderful selection of exercise videos that are exactly 30 minutes. They have everything from areobics to yoga. Even Bollywood dance (LOL). So, if…
Metabolic Syndrome II
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