http://www.diseaseaday.com/uncategorized/10-harmful-health-myths Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.diseaseaday.com/uncategorized/10-harmful-health-myths/comment-page-1#comment-774 enrolled agent exam Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:44:28 +0000 http://www.diseaseaday.com/uncategorized/10-harmful-health-myths#comment-774 The "heart attack = pain in chest" idea is definitely something that needed to be brought to light. My grandmother was experiencing shortness of breath a few months back, and she kind of wrote it off to doing too much walking earlier in the day. It didn't go away, so she thought she would call the advice nurse, since she didn't think it was anything serious. Luckily, the advice nurse steered her in the right direction and had her go to the ER, because she had a mild heart attack. The “heart attack = pain in chest” idea is definitely something that needed to be brought to light. My grandmother was experiencing shortness of breath a few months back, and she kind of wrote it off to doing too much walking earlier in the day. It didn't go away, so she thought she would call the advice nurse, since she didn't think it was anything serious. Luckily, the advice nurse steered her in the right direction and had her go to the ER, because she had a mild heart attack.

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