Associazione Cuore Vita

Cuore-Vita Magazine N.14 – Giugno 2015

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There is evidence that a sedentary life style aids the onset of over weight and obesity and does little to maintain good health, increasing the risk of diseases already discussed in part one (see issue n° 13 of C-V Magazine).It is evident that scarce physical activity has an enormous impact on our health…

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Cuore-Vita N.14 – June 2015

Cuore-Vita Magazine N.13 – March 2015

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Statins are a class of drugs that lower the level of cholesterol in the blood, reducing the production of cholesterol in the liver, as a matter of fact Statins block an enzyme called hydroxy-methyl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, and consequently reduces the endogenous amount of cholesterol…

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Cuore-Vita N.13 – March 2015

CUORE-VITA MAGAZINE N.12 – DECEMBER 2014

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Christmas is coming, it’s the opportunity for large family gatherings around tables laden with all good things. Some traditions are beyond reproach and it’s not even the case to overly blame your self for tasting a dish or more than usual or to drink a toast out of schedule. The nutritionist will turn a blind eye for the occasion on the assumption that it makes no sense to skimp on calories from Christmas to New Year if there was a healthy and balanced eating habit from New Year to Christmas…

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Cuore-Vita Magazine N.11 – September 2014

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More than 50% of mortality (and disability) caused by cardiovascular diseases can be aver- ted, or at least drastically reduced, if only the most common risk factors are corrected. Suppor- ting this is the World Health Organization itself in its report. It would be enough to assimilate this warning to be friends of our heart, the most important muscle of the body, the supplier of oxygen to the brain. It is a friend who works in silence, the heart beats rhythmically without our realizing it, often without the awareness of its vital role and while it adapts to all conditions: pumping harder during exercise, slowing down when we are calm and relaxed. Beginning with these premises to eli- minate the risk factors, at least those avoidable ones (excluding genetic factors), depends only on us, in other words through our lifestyle: smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, just remembering the most common ‘transgressions’ of so-called modern life. In addition to the health benefits, there’s even waist size: there is no diet that works unless accompanied by movement and physical activity, good for he- alth at all ages, as claimed by the dietitians. Surely less medication is called for when lifestyle is the real tonic of the heart. What better time to reiterate old, and all the more valid, recommendations than on the occasion of World Heart Day (29 September). Cuore-Vita Association invites everyone to attend the event in a constructive and not only celebratory spirit. It is a day that wants to stimulate reflection, an awareness for good heart health throughout the year. It is with the heart that you love, but how much do we love our heart?

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Cuore-Vita Magazine N.10 – June 2014

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Alaugh a day … Maybe not enough to keep the doctor away but surely good for your health. It is no secret that laughter therapy (gelotology) is practised on a consolidated basis, as a new modern science. Is it not the volunteer clown-doctors, in white coats and red clown nose, that make sick children smile? Well, laughing is good for you. Laughter, say the scholars behind this new therapy, may be the best of drugs; the important thing is that it really comes ‘from the heart’. Laughter unleashes endorphins, it reactivates the body’s energy and helps us to endure pain. Above all it wakes up the brain to the body for the benefit of our mental and physical wellbeing. In short, a good laugh is a great antidote to stress when we accumulate excess, which in our busy everyday life is one of the sworn enemies of our heart. Even in difficult times there’s a pretext for liberating laughter; a joke, a satire on the telly, an evening with friends. It’s an easy way to pull the plug without necessarily resorting to a doctor or pharmacist; laughter is simply a personal way of handling stress. Not surprisingly, the World Health Organization itself defines health not as the absence of disease, but as a state of perfect mental and physical wellbeing and social development. Why shouldn’t a laugh be one of the right ingredients of this simple ‘recipe’? A day without a smile, is a day lost, said Chaplin, who lived until he was 88 years old.

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Cuore-Vita Magazine N.9 – March 2014

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New year, new life. A ready-made statement that should, in any case for some, be a healthy motivation albeit gradual, to change their way of life for the better. Change you can, in certain cases, you have to when, over time, bad habits are likely to jeopardize your health. Can’t we do it on our own? Better to get help than always put it off until tomorrow. In the U.S.A for example, there are (free) services to help people to stop smoking or to give advice on the use of drugs (use, not abuse). Not only that. Using smartphones, suggestions arrive on healthy diets, how to measure blood pressure, on helpful physical exercise and any other advice that can motivate people to care for the health of your heart. If this is done overseas why can’t we do it? Cuore-Vita has always been striving to spread a culture of health in the form of bite-size advice, easy to understand and easy to put into practice. We have the same technology, the same tools for easy communication as countries most aware of the subject. Is it perhaps a touch of willpower that we’re missing? Admitting it would already be a start to change course. Spring is upon us, the season of awakening is ideal for finding stimulation and healthful energy.

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Press Release Oct 2014

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Niente di meglio di un giornalino per divulgare tra i giovanissimi i giusti stili di vita. L’iniziativa promossa da Cuore-Vita, patrocinata dalle Segreterie di Stato alla Sanità e alla Pubblica Istruzione e Cultura,Sponsorizzata dall’Ente Cassa di Faetano-fondazione Banca di San Marino, parla con il più semplice dei linguaggi, quello delle vignette, di facile impatto sui bambini delle elementari e sui ragazzi delle medie inferiori. Saranno loro infatti a beneficiare della donazione dell’Associazione che così coglie un’altra occasione per collaborare con il mondo della scuola sammarinese nella divulgazione di semplici regole salutiste: alimentazione corretta, attività motoria ecc. Le vignette di Gigi Belisardi, il creatore di Vito, il simpatico personaggio ‘ospite’ fisso del magazine di Cuore-Vita, si fanno apprezzare proprio per la facile presa dei suoi messaggi in fatto di salutismo a tutte le età. Imparare da bambini è un investimento per l’età adulta, tanto meglio se si impara divertendosi.

Giornata Mondiale per il Cuore 29 Settembre 2014

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L’ Associazione Cuore-Vita celebra la Giornata Mondiale per il Cuore, che quest’anno ha raggiunto la tredicesima edizione, con l’obiettivo di una sempre maggiore diffusione e crescita sul nostro territorio della cultura della prevenzione in campo medico. Mi sia concesso ringraziare codesta Segreteria di Stato per aver sostenuto questa nostra iniziativa, come è avvenuto anche negli gli anni passati. La prevenzione diventa un dovere verso noi stessi e deve esserlo in ogni momento: non a caso lo slogan che appare sul poster celebrativo della Giornata Mondiale per il Cuore di quest’anno dice “Fai le scelte giuste per il tuo cuore” La nostra Associazione da alcuni anni promuove un programma di prevenzione con stili di vita corretti con particolare attenzione alle donne e ai giovani perchè siamo convinti che uno stile di vita sano fin da giovane serve a costruire la salute dell’adulto di domani. Il poster di Cuore-Vita, realizzato dal dott.Emidio Troiani membro del nostro Comitato Scientifico, patrocinato dalla Segreteria di Stato per la Sanità e Sicurezza Sociale e sponsorizzato dalla Banca Agricola Commerciale riporta, come ho già detto, il motto “Fai le scelte giuste per il tuo cuore”, invito rivolto a tutti noi allo scopo di sensibilizzarci alla necessità di prenderci cura del proprio cuore, circondandoci di amici del cuore: una casa amica del cuore, una comunità amica del cuore, tutta la Repubblica amica del cuore. Il poster sarà affisso presso l’Ospedale, nei Centri di Salute, nelle Scuole, nei Centri commerciali. Cuore-Vita scenderà poi in campo il 29 Settembre con una sua postazione presso il Centro Atlante dalle ore 14.30 alle 17.30 con il supporto dell’UOC Cure Primarie e Salute Territoriale e dell’UOSD(unità organizzativa semplice dipartimentale) Servizio Dietologico della Nostra Repubblica. A disposizione dei visitatori saranno effettuati, dai sanitari presenti, test gratuiti per la misurazione della pressione, della glicemia ed inoltre dispenseranno utili consigli sul rischio cardiovascolare e sull’importanza di una vita salutare con l’invito a rivedere atteggiamenti e costumi dannosi per la nostra salute, il che non significa condurre una vita monacale, ma solo volersi un pò più di bene…. facendo le scelte giuste per il proprio cuore!

Cuore-Vita Magazine N.8 – December 2013

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Announce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Food for thought in the words of a luminary of Cardiology, Dall’Olmo Charles, president of the Michigan Vascular Center. Be your own physician is an abiding and all the while valid prescription and options to put it in practice abound. In this regard, there are initiatives beyond our borders where the culture of prevention begins at school age. Such as, how to bring the youngest children to use instruments to measure pressure. It ‘s just an example but you get the idea. Just press a button and the minimum and maximum appear on a display, even the heart beat. A no-brainer, and American teenagers, children of modern technology, welcome it with the enthusiasm and curiosity one experiences with a new game. Learning by playing is easier! Testing dad’s, mom’s, siblings’ and classmates’ pressure becomes an engrossing and even fun game. Hence the health concept is expanding spontaneously in environments that should be, par excellence, education gymnasia bringing awareness to these issues: the school and the family. Why shouldn’t these experiences already designed elsewhere make inroads in our communities, in addition to the canonical information campaigns so commendable for their purposes? Our children, who excel at pressing buttons on the playstation, would certainly not be outdone. It would suffice to involve them! The editorial staff wish you all a happy Christmas!

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Cuore-Vita Magazine N.7 – September 2013

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The publication date of this issue of our magazine could not fall more appropriately given the occasion of World Heart Day (September 29). That’s why our Association rightly wants to be at the forefront of the event with a series of initiatives, including the special issue of a postal mark and a themed stamp issued by the State Philatelic and Numismatic Company that has also attracted enthusiastic attention across the ocean. The message contained in a square of so few centimetres is clear: heart health starts with prevention through a series of healthy lifestyles. San Marino already has an optimal coverage of defibrillators throughout its territory, a wealth that, as stated by the Secretary of State for Health (see interview inside), is worth enhancing and strengthening in terms of communication and information so that the service is optimally beneficial. Hoping that all citizens take action by participating in this Cuore-Vita, Heart-Life anniversary celebration capturing its true meaning: the event is tied to a day, the message applies all year round.

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