Genealogy Journeys Podcast #46: National Heart Month

For National Heart Month, Gena and Jean discuss heart health and our ancestor's hearts.

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REFERENCES

Death Codes on Death Certificates: 

https://familyhistorydaily.com/free-genealogy-resources/icd-codes-death-certificates-genealogy/ 

http://health.mo.gov/data/mica/DeathMICA/icd9-10.html https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10.htm

Terms relating to heart disease: https://www.powerthesaurus.org/heart_disease/synonyms https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/glossary-heart-disease-terms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angina

Our Ancestors and heart issues – Timelines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_cardiovascular_disease http://www.timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=764&title=Heart

Former methods of treatment:

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14743698

Medical education:

 http://blogs.lib.unc.edu/uarms/index.php/2016/04/human-dissection-in-the-early-years-of-medical-education-at-unc/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4582158/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver

Treatments today & latest advancements: 

https://goboldly.com/heart-disease

http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/heart_health/articles/breakthroughs_in_the_fight_against_heart_disease.aspx

http://www.bbc.co

--Jean Wilcox Hibben