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Simple Way To Get Into Shape

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A nice and exquisite summer holiday is expecting you and you feel very fat or you do not fit in your favorite night red dress? Your husband cannot stop repeating you that you have put on weight or your biggest female enemy in the office takes the advantage of her skinny shape to get the promotion? Or you just feel a bit under the weather, because the needless kilos really are too conspicuous and this makes you sad and even depressed? Well, if you only one of these questions gets your positive answer, maybe, it is high time for you to embark a plan that will help you bring the ex self-confidence of yours back. To be honest with you, no effective and permanent result can actually come immediately and even the worst and the most drastic diet that verges on starvation is recommendable. We suggest you to overtake something healthier and something that is not too risky to exhaust your body and your soul. Little baby steps in the beginning and progressive plan for action is a better idea ...

Spouses of heart attack survivors

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Spouses of heart attack victims have an increased risk of depression and anxiety, even if their partner survives, Danish research suggests. The study found that in the year after losing a spouse to a heart attack, partners were three times more likely to start taking anti-depressants. Even if their partner survived, the use of anti-depressants still increased by 17%, compared with the year before. The use of anxiety drugs also went up, the European Heart Journal reports. There are about 340 heart attacks in the UK every day - approximately 13% are fatal. Care needed Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "A heart attack can impact the whole family, and this study emphasises the importance of caring for the partners of heart attack sufferers. "We know that people can feel anxious or helpless when a loved one has a heart attack. It is essential they receive the emotional and practical support they need during this often traumati...