Tag: heart

A Different Type of Heart Attack in Younger Women

Q: My 40-year-old healthy sister recently had a heart attack. The doctor said it was caused by a tear in a blood vessel in her heart. What causes that? A: Most heart attacks happen when a blood clot blocks an artery feeding the heart. But a small percentage result from a tear in the inner…


Doctor From 7,000 Miles Away Saves Baby From Half-a-Heart Syndrome by Performing In-Womb Surgery

An expectant mother from Iraq who had lived through wars had never cried as much her entire life as when she discovered that her unborn baby would be born with a serious heart defect and would require multiple surgeries in the first two years of her life. However, an unexpected miracle occurred that stopped her…


Man Goes the Extra Mile to Care for Mother-In-Law With Dementia, Moves His Wife’s Heart

Moved by her husband’s unbreakable bond with her mother, who has frontotemporal dementia, a North Carolina woman is sharing their touching story with the world, to raise the visibility of the sometimes misunderstood disease and prove that love can overcome any adversity. Toran Hughes’s mother, 82-year-old Pat Satterfield, first started behaving differently in 1998. “Mom’s…


Parents Chose Life for Baby With 3 Heart Defects and Organs Growing Outside of Her Body

Faced with the prospect of bringing a baby into the world with three heart defects, and a condition with her liver and abdominal organs growing outside of her body, a couple leaned toward faith to summon the strength to refuse abortion. Today, their baby girl is thriving. Mary-Christine and Ryan Robeson of York, Pennsylvania, both…


Baby in Patriotic Onesie With Hand on Heart Becomes Boy Who Salutes During National Anthem

A baby who was once dressed in an American flag onesie and captured in a sweet photo with his hand on his heart has grown up to be a very patriotic 5-year-old. Cooper Routon of Arab, Alabama, has gone viral for an unprompted salute to the flag as the national anthem played prior to a…


Baby Born With a Rare Birth Defect and Heart Condition Lives Happy Life Despite 26 Surgeries

A baby born with congenital heart disease and a condition where her esophagus didn’t develop properly has endured 26 crucial surgeries in her life so far. Now a bubbly, bright 4-year-old, she is living her best life. Dawn Matieschyn, 38, of Langdon, Alberta, opened up to The Epoch Times about her daughter Faith’s resilience, her…


Amazing Drone Video Shows Sheep Arranged to Form Giant Heart in Farmer’s Field Down Under

An Australian farmer couldn’t go to his aunt’s funeral because of pandemic restrictions so he paid his respects with a novel alternative: dozens of sheep arranged in the shape of a heart in his field. Drone-shot video of pregnant ewes munching barley in a paddock while unwittingly expressing Ben Jackson’s affection for his beloved Auntie…


Heroic Danes Show Heart Despite Fall at Final Euro Hurdle

COPENHAGEN—With their Euro 2020 campaign looking over by halftime in the opening game after Christian Eriksen’s collapse, Denmark somehow came blazing back to reach the semi-finals, only to finally run out of steam as they lost to England after extra time. The closest most of the Danish players had been to such tragedy and drama…


The 3 Things You Can Do Today to Lower Blood Pressure Tomorrow

If you’ve got high blood pressure or are concerned about it getting high, take a bit of comfort in knowing that blood pressure is not permanent. High blood pressure today can be low in the future if you’re willing to put in some work. The three essential parts to managing or reducing high blood pressure…


Reflect on What You Truly Need and You’ll Make Your Wants Few

In this consumerism-obsessed, materialism-driven age, is it possible to transform ourselves from being obsessed with what we want to being content with what we actually need? I am here to tell you that yes, it’s possible and easier than you might think. My family and I have been making this transition over the past few…