What Does Heart Failure Mean to You?

What does it all mean to you?

Nearly 20 years ago, I introduced a special series of articles for Trends in Neurosciences (5:295, 1982) that sought to illustrate some of the then-latest developments in molecular neuroscience. That was the time when neuroscientists were beginning to borrow heavily from the nascent field of molecular genetics, just as we had previously borrowed flagrantly from the previously powerful fields of...

What does FACC mean to you?

Heart Failure: What You Should Know.

What causes it? Many things can cause heart failure, such as high blood pressure, an infection, damaged valves inside the heart, or severe lung disease. It can also happen when the vessels that carry blood away from your heart get blocked (called coronary artery disease), especially after a heart attack. Sometimes, your doctor can’t find a cause for your heart failure. Some things may cause sym...

What does the affordable care act mean for you?

T he national elections are over and we can now focus more on what changes will be occurring in health care related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Although we may be familiar with these terms, we may not have paid much attention to the details. The ACA was introduced to Congress in 2009, signed into law in 2010, and was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012. The ACA is t...

Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say-Communication Techniques to Enhance Your Library

Think Often we make half-hearted requests of our child, and when he doesnÕt respond we just drop it. Usually, this happens over little issues, and we drop it because itÕs not worth fighting over. The problem is, a child gets in the habit of ignoring you, on both little issues and big ones. When you take a breath, take a minute and think first, you can then be clear about your request and willin...