With every beat of my heart I was "The Patient" exhibit at a cardiology symposium this weekend, sponsored by SoutheastHealth. Believe me, I know what a gift my heartbeat is. Listening to the various speakers, I learned that I should always have been considered at HIGH risk for heart disease. Are...

04/30/2013

Character map makes using special characters EASY! ♥ ♫ Ώ ∑ ἣ ۞ ♀ ►

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Did you ever wonder how to type a special character? You could memorize special keyboard combinations (hold down ALT and type 0174 on the numeric keypad, for instance to see ®), or you could locate the symbol on the Character Map and copy and paste the character. These extra characters are ...

04/23/2013

Cholesterol, out of normal range, triglycerides, kill

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Cholesterol, out of normal range, triglycerides, kill...words you might not want to hear from your doctor. But they are words I heard from the cardiologist today, just over six months since quadruple bypass surgery. Before you add me to your prayer list, though, there's more to the story. It was...

04/18/2013