Trivia

A collection of odds-and-ends which will hopefully entertain or amuse.

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Modern Technology

 As many of us may have already discovered, modern technology can be baffling ...

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Famous Quotes

"To wish to be well is a part of becoming well."

~ Seneca the Younger (4BC - 65AD)

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Keep Calm Posters

Keep calm and do what any other heart failure patient would do ...

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Telehealth?

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Famous Quotes

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

~ Mark Twain

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Useful Link for Cardiologists -

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Famous Quotes

"The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart."
~ Lenin

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The Stethescope

We are all very familiar with the basic tool of the doctor's trade - the stethescope.
Todays doctors can be seen with their stethescope slung round their neck as if their stethescope was some form of identity necklace to remind them who and what they are. 

But did you know
... that the stethoscope was invented by a Frenchman, René Laennec in 1816 when he was working at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris.

Laennec's invention was very much born out of necessity.
He was consulted by a young woman who presented with the symptoms of heart disease.
Now, this young lady was rather well endowed and the traditional method of listening to heart sounds by placing the ear on the patients chest seemed inappropriate to him on this occassion, so he invented the stethescope.

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Famous Quotes

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."

~ Siddartha Guatama Buddha

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Please nurse - give me a shot of the paddles ...

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Famous Quotes

"The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we."

~ Dr Mimi Guarneri in her book 'The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing'

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Patient:-  " Doctor, Doctor - Is there anything wrong with my heart?"
Doctor:-   " After a thorough examination I can confidently say it will last as long as you do!"

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Heart - Its All In A Name

The existence of the organ we now know as the heart was known to the ancient Greeks, who gave it the name kardia.
Over time the hard 'k' sound changed to a softer 'c' sound, which can still be found in such modern words as 'cardiac' and 'tachycardia'.

The Romans modified the word kardia or cardia to cor, and can be found in such words as 'cordial' as in a 'cordial greeting' ie a heartfelt greeting.  Or, as in 'cor pulmonale' the medical condition which is failure of the right side of the heart.

The word heart which we all now use came from much colder northern climes.  
It comes from the old Teutonic word herton, which in turn evolved into the medieval Germanic word heorte, which is only a short step to the modern English word heart.  

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Famous Quotes

A cheerful heart is good medicine.
~ Proverbs 17:22

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The Beat Goes On

The average heart beats approximately 70 beats every minute.
Thats about 100,000 beats per day.
This equates to 35,000,000 (35 million) beats per year.
Which gives us a staggering 2,500,000,000 (2.5 billion) beats over our alloted three score years and ten.

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Laughter really is the best medicine

Laughing can be great exercise for your heart. Whenever you laugh the blood flow in your heart is increased for up to 45 minutes, which helps to improve your heart health.

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