Healthy Hearts & Happy Minds

11/10/2025

Scientists say a cutting-edge gene-editing treatment could help people cut harmful high cholesterol levels in half, just after one treatment.

The single dose treatment helped patients lower “bad” cholesterol and triglyerides, both linked to heart disease

11/07/2025

Dear Team Hearty: We’re in This Together

Whether you’re prepping for surgery or just starting to recover, this isn’t just a book — it’s a companion. Packed with therapeutic puzzles, uplifting quotes, and simple wellness rituals, the Cognitive Cardio Puzzle Book helps guide you through uncertain times. Welcome to a healing space where every word search brings reassurance, and every answer is a step forward.

Start Healing with Heart. Order Your Copy Today.

Are you facing heart surgery or recovering from a heart attack or open-heart surgery? If so, you'll know that it can be a long and slow process. But there are things you can do to make the time go by more quickly and to help you recover better. Pass the time and stimulate your cognitive function...

11/05/2025

In a new study published in Nature Regenerative Medicine titled, “Cyclin A2 induces cytokinesis in human adult cardiomyocytes and drives reprogramming in mice,” researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shown that the gene for Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can promote cardiac repair in adult human cardiomyocytes, providing a new avenue to treat heart injury and failure as an alternative to heart transplants or implanted cardiac devices.

The Cyclin A2 gene (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can promote cardiac repair in adult human cardiomyocytes.

11/02/2025

Navigate Your Heart Recovery with Confidence.

The journey after a cardiac event can feel overwhelming. "Beyond the Beat" is your essential compass, providing the emotional resilience and practical steps you need for both pre- and post-heart surgery or heart attack. With personal insights and shared stories, Sallie Crawley empowers you to embrace your 'new normal' with acceptance, energy, hope, and direction.

Get Your Guide to Emotional Resilience Now!

Are you facing an upcoming heart surgery, recovering from a recent heart attack/surgery or cardiac arrest, or managing a heart disease diagnosis? You're not alone, and the path forward can feel overwhelming. But you can thrive through this experience. goes beyond medical jargon and your physi...

10/29/2025

Today at 4pm CA Mountain (10pm UK) is the deadline for this cohort in the Sweet Spot Kitchen (SSK), whether you want to do the live Behaviour Change course and work on more sustainable habits, or boost your confidence around heart-healthy eating in general, with the (self-directed) Knowledge, Meal Planning, or Recipes/Ideas courses.

Click to learn more and join https://sweetspotnutrition.ca/join-us-in-the-sweet-spot-kitchen/

We'll start at 5pm with the first workshop in the series, "Why Is It So Hard To Change Our Eating Habits?" Late joiners welcome. (I'm kind of a last-minute person myself.)

After today, I'll be back to my regular tips and blog posts, and the SSK community will be closed to new members until the new year.
All the best,
- Cheryl Sweet Spot Nutrition

Let’s Make Food Fun Again Food shouldn’t feel like a struggle every day! It should be satisfying, nourishing, and like it fits seamlessly into your life. My Sweet Spot Kitchen program is meant to help reignite your love of food – and like a good recipe, we take a step by step approach: Knowled...

10/29/2025

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10/29/2025

https://www.health.com/atorvastatin-calcium-recall-october-2025

The FDA announced a nationwide recall of Atorvastatin Calcium tablets, a statin used to lower cholesterol, due to potential efficacy issues. Here's what to know.

10/28/2025

Your Roadmap to Recovery: Beyond the Medical Jargon.

Overwhelmed by information and unsure how to implement lifestyle changes after a heart diagnosis? "The Beat Goes On" cuts through the confusion, providing clear, practical guidance. Sallie Crawley shares invaluable tips, techniques, and interactive journals to help you understand medications, communicate with your medical team, improve sleep, manage anxiety, and reduce risk factors. This book gives you 'the how' to navigate your recovery journey with clarity and confidence.

Gain Clarity & Confidence. Order Your Copy!

Previously published as The Basics of Heart Health Management at Home by Sallie Crawley You’ve likely been physically mended and discharged from the hospital, you may still be going through treatment and you are probably overwhelmed by all the lifestyle changes you’ve been told to make to re...

10/27/2025

A new international study has demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly enhance how doctors assess risk and guide treatment for patients with the most common type of heart attack.

A new international study has shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can transform how doctors assess risk and guide treatment for patients with the most common type of heart attack.

10/23/2025

Your Best Days Aren’t Behind You — They’re Just Beginning

You’ve survived something life-changing. Now it’s time to reclaim your joy. 8 Days 2 Feel Good Now helps you shift from fear to freedom, using simple daily practices that build confidence, purpose, and emotional strength. You’ll learn how to worry less, breathe better, and believe in your future again.

Feel Good Again — In Just 8 Days. Start Now.

Whether it was a heart attack, heart surgery, or cardiac arrest, you made it through. But now you're left with the "after." This self-directed course will support you through the fear, the uncertainty, the feeling that your old life is gone forever. You can not only get your old life back, but build...

10/23/2025

Stop giving other people your bricks!!!!❤️

10/23/2025

⚠️ Over-The-Counter Medicines and Your Cardiac Meds 💊 I am always confused about what I can and can't take, so I hope this helps you as much as it has me.

Whether you're heading into winter in the UK, Canada, and the USA, or enjoying the warming signs of spring/summer in Australia and New Zealand, we all need to be extra careful as cold, flu, and allergy season cycles through.

Since many of us are on a suite of important daily heart medications, it is VITAL to be overly cautious about taking any Over-the-Counter (OTC) medicines.

Certain ingredients in non-prescription cold, flu, and pain relief medicines can interact dangerously with the medications we take (like blood thinners, beta-blockers, etc.), or even directly affect our hearts and blood pressure.

I came across this excellent information from the www.facebook.com/AdultCongenitalHeartAssociation, and the messages are relevant to everyone with a cardiac diagnosis. I have added the images below. If you would like your own copy, you can find it on their website https://www.achaheart.org.

⚕️A Golden Rule for OTC Medicines
ALWAYS check with your cardiologist, GP, or pharmacist before taking any new OTC medicine, supplement, or herbal remedy. We are complex, and a quick check could prevent a serious problem, regardless of the season where you live.

Stay safe, stay well, and let's continue to look after ourselves and each other!

Sallie xXx

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