Archive for January 2020

I am Sick! Should I Exercise? How about my Heart?

So, I am currently on day 5 of my ā€œMan Coldā€. My symptoms include fever, sore throat, cough and congestion. These are pretty standard symptoms for a viral upper respiratory tract infection.Ā  I must say, however, that this one has been a little tougher than most I have experienced. I am getting very tired of…

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TAVIā€¦The (Less Invasive) New Kid on the Block

If your Aortic Valve is no longer working the way it is supposed to, you may need to have it replaced. The Aortic Valve is the one-way valve between the Left Ventricle, which is the largest pumping chamber of the heart, and the Aorta, which is the ā€œstumpā€ of the vascular ā€œtreeā€ that delivers oxygen…

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