• Ask our physician

  I try to make sure I sleep at least eight hours a night, but I still wake up exhausted. During the day I’m very tired and not as alert as I should be. My wife says I snore a lot at night. What could be wrong?

  —Frank M., Whiting

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• Adding more expertise to our team

  Deborah Heart and Lung Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Navdeep K. Brar, M.D., who has joined the staff as an attending pulmonologist.

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• High blood pressure?

  New clinical trial may hold the key to control

  If you have treatment-resistant hypertension, you know the frustration of having high blood pressure that doesn’t respond to three or more antihypertensive medications at maximum tolerated doses. But now, there’s new hope for this condition: Deborah Heart and Lung Center is enrolling patients to participate in the SYMPLICITY HTN-3 study, a clinical trial of the investigational Symplicity^® renal denervation system for treatment-resistant hypertension.

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• The joy of giving back

  Volunteering enriches a former patient’s life

  Manchester resident Stella McGrath, an active adult volunteer at Deborah Heart and Lung Center for the past eight years, is a testament to the rewards of volunteering.

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• Why women must listen to (and protect) their hearts

  When Louise felt a burning sensation in her chest, she chalked it up to the spicy lunch she ate and took an antacid. When Helen felt anxious and exhausted, she assumed she’d spent too much time with her grandchildren and decided to take a nap. Unfortunately, these women were having heart attacks, but neither of them recognized the symptoms.

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• Are you heart smart?

  If you want to be heart healthy, you have to be heart smart. Test your knowledge by answering true or false to the following statements. Then check the answers below to see how well you did.

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• 13 easy ways to cut 100 calories

  Maintaining a healthy weight is a balancing act, but the equation is simple: If you eat more calories than you burn, you gain weight. Eat fewer calories and you lose. To lose 1 pound, you need to burn about 3,500 more calories than you take in. So if you cut 500 calories from your typical diet each day, you’d lose about 1 pound a week.

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• Hail to the superfoods!

  If, like everyone else, you’re searching for that magical fountain of youth, why not try looking in the produce aisle of your local supermarket? While they can’t make you live forever, there are a group of foods that can help you live a better, healthier life right now.

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• The buzz on energy drinks Need an energy boost? If your afternoon pick-me-up comes in the form of an energy drink, you may be consuming more than just caffeine and empty calories.
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• Pollution: Bad news for your heart Pollution isn’t good for your health—and scientists are beginning to understand just how hard it is on your heart in particular.
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• Walking versus running: Equal benefits You don’t necessarily have to pound the pavement to cut your heart risks. All it takes is a little brisk walking, say researchers in a study published recently in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.
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• Your fries, measured in exercise While a good idea in theory, restaurant menus that display the calories associated with food options don’t seem to curb diners’ eating habits or sway them into choosing more healthful fare. So researchers at Texas Christian University (TCU) decided to take the idea one step further: adding the amount of brisk walking the average person would have to do to burn off the calories in each item.
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• Getting to know your blood pressure What’s a better blood pressure reading: 120 over 80 or 160 over 100? Don’t know? Understanding what your numbers mean will go a long way toward helping you monitor your blood pressure level and know when it’s too high. Having high blood pressure (hypertension) can lead to serious medical problems, including heart disease and stroke. Read more...
• Eggs—edible, but still incredible? Eggs may be a morning staple, but how do they affect your cholesterol? While it’s true that all the dietary cholesterol in eggs lies in the yolk, a new study says you can have your egg and eat the yolk, too. Read more...
• Migraines may signal more than head pain If you’ve been a victim of splitting migraine headaches that cause you to hide in a dark room until they pass, you may have experienced the visual effects (called aura) that can be associated with them. What’s more, research now shows that these painful headaches can be a clue about your heart attack risk. Read more...
• Cut the salt in just 3 weeks Although salty foods may taste great, too much sodium in your diet is one of the factors that can lead to health trouble, such as high blood pressure. The average American consumes about 3,400 milligrams of sodium a day¬—more than twice the American Heart Association’s recommended daily intake of 1,500 milligrams. Cutting back on high-sodium foods can go a long way toward keeping your heart healthy. And according the AHA, you can make a big difference in just three weeks. Read more...