Entries by Mikey Network

Learn How to Save a Life During CPR Month

November is CPR Month in Canada and various organizations  are aiming to highlight the need for Canadians to know the proper procedures for resuscitating someone in an emergency situation. The importance of knowing how to perform CPR is more important than ever, as each year 23,000 lives are taken because of heart attacks and cardiac arrest. Heart attacks may […]

World Restart a Heart day

World Restart a Heart Day is an initiative created by instructors, students, hospitals, schools, CPR organizations to help educate people from around the world on how to save a life in an emergency. After last year’s great successes, the organizations are coming together again on October 16 to celebrate World Restart a Heart day, an […]

Fruit and Veggies and Their Importance for Your Heart Health

As we begin the first weeks of fall there are often many changes occurring around us. Students are back to school, the temperatures outside are getting lower, and days are becoming shorter. With these external changes occurring, one  that shouldn’t  is the amount of fruits and vegetables that we eat. It’s quite common to adopt an unhealthy diet as we begin […]

What Can Affect Your Heart Health?

It seems quite simple how we go into maintaining our heart health. Everything ranging from eating a nutritious diet of whole foods and exercising regularly to reduce stress is steps we take for the benefit of our overall health. But how much do you really know about what’s bad for you? Smoking Although a more […]

Don’t Feel Guilty – How Napping can Help Your Heart Health

We’ve all been there. You were out late last night with friends so you’re already feeling a little tired – on top of that you’ve just gotten home from running a bunch of errands. Why shouldn’t you take a few minutes to nap and rest up? Unfortunately, many of us see napping as a lazy […]