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Heart Attack: His & Hers (Be Prepared!)
Plus: recipes for fighting inflammation
The 10almonds Team
November 02, 2023
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Today’s 30-Second Summary
If you don’t have time to read the whole email today, here are some key takeaways:
Nearly half of people who have a heart attack don’t realize what’s happening until it’s too late
Knowing (or at least having an idea) what’s happening sooner, can reduce preventable deaths
Symptoms vary by sex, so do check out our main feature for those!
Of all the cognitive activities we can do to keep our brains young, keeping our language skills polished is one of the most critical (use it or lose it!)
Today’s sponsor Babbel offers an easy, fun, and useful (because as a bonus, you learn another language) way to do just that
Read on to learn about these things and more…
👀 WATCH AND LEARN
Foods that fight inflammation—eat these! (9:32)
Anti-inflammatory menu:
Prefer text? You’re in luck; she offers links to text versions of all 27 recipes mentioned here; you’ll need to click “more” in the video description (we don’t have space to list them all here!) 😎
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🫀 MAIN FEATURE
The ECG Wearable That Could Cut Down Preventable Heart Attack Deaths
Nearly half of people who have heart attacks don’t realize what’s happening until it’s too late. This device could greatly reduce those preventable deaths:
At a glance:
Dry electrodes (no gel) are comfortable, durable, and unlikely to cause skin irritation
The electrodes, which are less than one tenth the width of a human hair, are highly sensitive to the cardiac signals of the user
The device can capture ECG signals even when it is fitted hidden out of the way behind a person's neck
The electrodes are also hydrophobic, meaning they don't get wet— even if worn in the shower, swimming pool, etc
It communicates with a smartphone app by Bluetooth (yes, it has a tiny Bluetooth chip in it)
Read more about the study, the device, the various versions tested, and which version won out as optimal:
(you can also see pictures of it, if you’re curious!)
In the meantime…
That device isn’t available to the public yet (the study was published literally yesterday), so if you’d like to be ahead of the game with regard to recognizing heart attack signs, read on:
Heart Attack: His & Hers (Be Prepared!)
Heart attack symptoms vary by sex. This is governed by hormones, so if you are for example a postmenopausal woman and not on HRT, your symptoms might be nearer that of men.
The following symptom list is intended as a rough “most likely” guide. You may not get all of the symptoms you “should”. You could get symptoms from the “wrong” category. So don’t sweat the minutiae, but do be aware of…
Symptoms for everyone:
Jaw, neck, and/or back pain
Nausea and/or vomiting
Shortness of breath
Additional symptoms (mostly) just for men:
Pressure and/or pain in the upper chest
Discomfort and/or tingling in the arms
Sudden cold sweat
Additional symptoms (mostly) just for women:
Pressure and/or pain in the lower chest and/or abdomen
Feeling of fullness and/or indigestion
Fatigue, dizziness, possibly fainting
In the event of experiencing symptoms…
Call 911 or your local equivalent. This is not the time to wait to see if it goes away by itself. If unsure, call. Better safe than sorry/dead.
If you are not alone, or if it is someone with you who is having the suspected heart attack, it may be quicker to go to the Emergency Room by car, than wait for an ambulance.
Even if you choose to do that, you should still call 911 anyway, as the responder will be able to instruct you in real-time, not something we can do in a newsletter.
Note that if available, this means three people in the car is ideal:
Driver, patient, and third person on the phone giving information and following instructions.
Emergency situations rarely go entirely by-the-book, but with a little foreknowledge and at least one person with a calm head, preventable deaths can be avoided.
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More to come tomorrow!
📖 ONE-MINUTE BOOK REVIEW
The Mindgym: Wake Your Mind Up – by Dr. Sebastian Bailey and Octavius Black
Since this reviewer got her copy, the subtitle and marketing of the book have changed, but the content has not. It's now being marketed as "achieve more by thinking differently" like a pop-psychology business book. But it's not that. What, then, is it?
It's 20 chapters of exercises for different kinds of thinking. And yes, the exercises will help those hungry 25–35-year-old MBAs too, but it's more of a complete how-to-think overhaul.
Its exercises cover psychology and philosophy, creativity and communication, logic and relaxation, cognition and motivation, and lots more.
The style of the book is that of a workbook, and as such, it's very clearly laid-out; one can go through them methodically, or get an overview and then dive in to whatever one wants/needs most at the moment.
Bottom line: if you'd like a book that's a one-stop shop for honing many different kinds of thinking, this is the book for you.
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The 10almonds Team