Hot, humid weather can place significant stress on the cardiovascular system. Bright sunlight, high humidity and lack of wind and shade challenge the body’s ability to dissipate heat and maintain a normal body temperature.
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A good night’s sleep restores energy, improves performance and generally makes you feel better. Getting the right amount of sleep is also important for good heart health. A South Korean study of more than 47,000 adults found that people who sleep about seven hours a night have significantly fewer...
There is a flood of advice in the world about diets and healthy eating. From the food pyramid to fad diets, from books to blogs to celebrity chefs, some of it is good information, some of it is outrageous, and a lot of it is complicated and hard to live by. Healthy eating shouldn’t be hard, but it...
It can be difficult to talk to a child about a heart event or diagnosis, treatments, the prognosis, and the possible changes that may occur in your family as a result. If you are in this situation, here are 10 tips for discussing your heart condition with your child.
If you are a caregiver, you may help your loved one with a variety of tasks, including helping with grocery shopping and cleaning, managing prescriptions and medical appointments, assisting with mobility and transportation, running errands, performing activities of daily living (such as personal hygiene and eating), and providing emotional support. Here are 10 tips for living well as a caregiver.
Intensive care lives up to its name when you visit the patients who are receiving it in the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU). Most patients stay for no more than a day in the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s CSICU, some will stay for three or four days, and the sickest of the sick...
It was another busy American Heart Association meeting for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Staff presented more than 40 talks and posters this year in Orlando, Florida. With some 20,000 people in attendance, several Institute researchers were singled out for their achievements. UOHI...
With more than 18,000 heath care professionals reportedly in attendance this past November in Dallas, Texas, the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions remains the largest meeting on the science and medicine of heart disease in the world. The impact of the University of Ottawa Heart...
Cigarette smokers face twice the risk of heart disease compared with non-smokers, and most of them—more than 60%—want to quit. About half of Canadian smokers try to kick tobacco every year. Unfortunately, the likelihood of success for those who attempt to quit on their own is dismal: fewer than 5%...
Your brain, heart and mind are intrinsically connected. They depend on one another. When one of them acquires a disease, scientists believe the others are also at increased risk. When you consider that heart disease and disorders of the brain and mind are the leading causes of mortality and...
Sexuality is a fundamental part of being human. It’s a big part of our quality of life and a significant source of pleasure and intimacy. So it’s no surprise that concerns about sexual activity are common among people living with heart disease or recovering from a cardiac event. The worries and...
According to a recent Harvard University study, each year 1.65 million people die worldwide from high-sodium diets that lead to heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular disease. The review of existing research found that most people eat far more salt than recommended, and salt is a major...
1. Heart Health Infographics An easy way to keep your heart health top of mind anytime 2. What’s Next for TAVI? Catheter-based aortic valve replacement looks to become an option for more patients if competition and demand bring down the cost of valves 3. 10 Tips for Emotional Health Our emotional...
It’s never too late to quit smoking, and quitting is one of the best things you can do for your health. Here are 10 tips to make quitting smoking easier
As 2017 draws to a close, we hope you will enjoy this look back at our Top 5 articles from this past year: 5. Intermittent fasting helps fight obesity Up to sixteen weeks of intermittent fasting without otherwise having to count calories helps fight obesity and other metabolic disorders 5th most...
Martin Green, MD, vividly recalls the day in 1971 when he attended a medical school lecture on electrical activation of the heart, a subject that doctors and researchers were just beginning to explore. “There were 225 people in the class and 224 of them walked out saying ‘That was the worst lecture...
In March of this year, following a two-year fellowship in Canada, Roshan Raut, MD, returned to his native Nepal as only the third doctor trained in cardiac electrophysiology in his country’s history and the first trained in complex ablation techniques. He was eager to get to work expanding the...
In 2016, Queens University held as part of its 175 th anniversary celebrations an international summit to discuss and debate an "endgame" for tobacco usage in Canada. The Tobacco Endgame for Canada Summit concluded with a call for the creation of a tobacco endgame strategy for the country. Experts...
Each October, the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) is the largest gathering of cardiovascular health professionals in the country. This year, the Heart Institute’s Dr. Rob Beanlands chaired what proved to be a highly successful meeting. Since CCC was last held in Vancouver in 2006, the...
This year, the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) was part of an even larger event called Vascular 2013 that added parallel conferences dedicated to hypertension, diabetes and stroke. The University of Ottawa Heart Institute had program items in all of these subject areas— nearly 120 in all...