HEART HEALTHY FACT #8

Run as fast as you can but you'll never get your heart to beat as fast as the Etruscan shrew.  Its tiny heart hammers away an amazing 835 times a minute!  [Journal of Experimental Biology]

TIPS TO LONGEVITY FROM OUR PATIENTS...#9

* God Bless your love...Sam Marino, age 92 (married to Betty Marino below)

* Secret to a long life is my faith...Betty Marino, age 88

* God and family for living to 100 and good doctors...Mary McLennan, age 100

HEART HEALTHY FACT #7

Researchers think Beethoven had an irregular heartbeat and that the condition may have inspired his greatest music.  what's your favorite Beethoven piece?  [A History of the Disorders of Cardiac Rhythms by Berndt Lüderitz]

TIPS TO LONGEVITY FROM OUR PATIENTS...#8

* STOP SMOKING...Norman Hunstad, age 95

* Be happy, God, Great Family, Golf and a wonderful husband...Donna Mertz, age 90

* Walk 4 to 5 miles before breakfast every day, eat healthy, and stay interactive daily...Lee Cromwell, age 91

HEART HEALTHY FACT #6

Heart attack sufferers do best when treated within an hour of symptoms starting.  Sadly, many wait hours before seeking help.  [Wall Street Journal]

TIPS TO LONGEVITY FROM OUR PATIENTS...#7

* 30 year volunteer at the Detroit Zoo, cooking for the animals, doing zoo boo.  20 years teaching 5 year old to 18 year olds, plus having 4 children of my own...Irene Mazur, age 94

* Tip to longevity, marry the right woman...James Gale, age 90

* Jack Daniels and a quiet women, also when I had a voice I could never pass up the open mike!...Bob Hilton, age 94

HEART HEALTHY FACT #5

Sadly, 133,000 Americans die of heart attacks each year.  [Wall Street journal]

TIPS TO LONGEVITY FROM OUR PATIENTS...#6

* Eating well...Margretta Steinmueller, age 92

* No smoking or drinking, walking daily...Shirley Augustyn, age 91

* Marry the best person you now and stay married (67 years).  Play music and sing, share all the songs to help preserve the great music of the past...Jerry Peterson, age 90

HEART HEALTHY FACT #4

Before the invention of the stethoscope in 1816 a doctor would listen to his patient's heart by placing his ear to the patient's bare chest.  A French doctor, who thought this approach was both awkward and of limited clinical value, used a rolled sheet of paper to create an aural tube that soon thereafter led to the stethoscope's invention.  [US National Library of Medicine]

TIPS TO LONGEVITY FROM OUR PATIENTS...#5

* 2 great kids, a great husband and a great doctor...Doris O'Daniel, age 94

* Strong faith...Webber Pettway, age 90

* Sense of humor is my secret to longevity...Rozanne McGraw, age 100