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Stroke: Know the risks

May is National Stoke Awareness Month. Click here to visit the National Stroke Association web site.

High blood pressure is the number one cause of stroke. And yet, nearly 60 million Americans have it, and almost one third of us don’t even know our blood pressure.

Take Control
  • Have your blood pressure checked at least once a year
    More often if you have a history of high blood pressure, have had a heart attack, are diabetic or are overweight.

  • Know your family medical history
    If high blood pressure runs in your family it’s important that you ask your doctor about how to control it.

  • Talk to your doctor
    If you have high blood pressure it’s important to follow the recommendations of your doctor, which may include changes in diet, regular exercise and the use of medication.
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Community

Project Search: A win-win solution

Megan Caldwell, an assistant in Sacred Heart's Psychiatry Services, gives activities therapists a helping hand.There are an estimated 6,600 people in Spokane County who have developmental disabilities. Though many are very capable of performing job duties, they are simply passed over because of their differences, or by employers who aren’t sure how to support them.

Thanks to a nationally recognized program, people with disabilities are matched with employers willing to make a little extra effort. Now, many of these individuals have the chance to work. And Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital is proud to help make it happen. (Read More…)
 
Heart Beat Magazine

People, News, Events and more

Heart Beat is published three times a year by the Sacred Heart Public Relations department.Heart Beat Magazine, Spring 2008 If you would like to send a comment, or request your name be added to our mailing list, please e-mail pr@shmc.org.
In this issue:
Your Life, Our Mission

Beating the odds

Sara Mack

When Sarah Mack, a heart transplant recipient, went into labor last November, excitement rippled through the team assembling at the Sacred Heart Birth Place.

Her pregnancy was far from ordinary … in fact, her whole story is rather extraordinary.

Miracles have shaped Sarah’s life for nearly
two decades. In 1990, while most of her 14-year-old classmates were enjoying their first year of high school, Sarah was too tired to care. That’s when her doctor discovered leukemia.  (Read more…)
 
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