The Pulse

Heart Palpitations:

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Understanding the Fluttering Sensation, Causes, and When to Seek Medical Attention Have you ever experienced a sudden sensation of your heart racing, fluttering, or pounding in your chest? These are known as heart palpitations, and while they can be disconcerting, they are not always a cause for alarm. Here we…

Staying Heart-Healthy In The Summer

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Summertime and the livin’s easy!! Or is it?? With the increased daytime temperatures during our summer heatwaves, our heart health can become at risk. Dehydration, lack of airflow (including working in hot, poorly ventilated or confined areas), hot and crowded conditions (such as summer concerts or festivals), mid day sun…

Athlete’S Heart

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Are you an athlete? What kind of athlete are you? As an athlete, the type of training you do can affect your heart. How? It’s simple! Your body needs more oxygen when you exercise. To meet this higher demand, your heart’s left ventricle has to pump more blood and at a higher pressure…

Women And Heart Disease

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In honor of Women’s History month, we at NWCD wanted to acknowledge the needs of women in health care today. The gender health gap is not new, in 2016 the World Health Organization found that although women in the European Union live longer that men, they spend more of their lives in…