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Patient Advocacy: My Journey With Pulmonary Hypertension
By Marilyn Hanft, Special to Everyday Health I am a 66-year-old critical care registered nurse. I retired in November 2009, and my husband and I moved onto our 36-foot motor sailer and headed south...
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After a Heart Attack, I Went From Smoker to Half-Marathoner
By Jodi Pitzen, Special to Everyday Health I grew up in the Midwest and started smoking when I was a teenager. I moved to California where smoking made you a social misfit — but I didn’t stop smoking...
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Why This Firefighter Runs for His Life — and His Buddies
By Brian Demarest, Special to Everyday Health All of us who are firefighters know that it’s a dangerous job. We carry about 70 pounds of clothing and equipment into hot buildings where smoke makes it...
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Born With Half a Heart, My ‘Miracle Baby’ Is Now 11
By Nannette McDonagh, Special to Everyday Health I was 20 weeks pregnant with my third child when I went to the hospital with my husband, Pat, for our first general ultrasound. Even though I had had...
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Did You Inherit High Cholesterol? This New Drug May Help
By Katherine Anne Wilemon, Special to Everyday Health At the age of 39, I had a heart attack. When I called 911 in a panic from crushing chest pain, the paramedics told me that, as a young woman, it...
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Going the Distance to Avoid Blood Clots: From Near Death to Iron Girl
By Tonya Lockwood, Special to Everyday Health The ripple effect of many risk factors gave me my wake-up call about blood clots. I was feeling the classic stress that comes from being a single working...
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My Doctors Missed My Almost-Deadly Blood Clot
By Janice Johnson, Special to Everyday Health When I stepped outside with my Labrador, King Louie, one evening for our usual walk around our rural neighborhood of three years in Round Rock, Texas, I...
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I Lost My Pregnant Sister to Blood Clots – Now I’m Katie’s Voice
By Sharon Anderson, Special to Everyday Health On the day my sister died, I had a premonition before I even scrambled to pick up the phone. I knew something was terribly wrong. I can only remember the...
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Two Heart Attacks in My Twenties: A Survivor’s Story
By Angela Baird Parker, Special to Everyday Health I sit calmly on a 747, my seat belt buckled low across my waist, and watch a flight attendant giving routine announcements. She’s probably wondering...
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How I Survived a Heart Attack at Age 7: Annemarie’s Story
By Annemarie Ward, Special to Everyday Health My name is Annemarie Ward and I’m “the girl with the heart condition.” That was my identity as a child. My heart disease: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy....
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