Low Cost Life Saving Heart Tests
BY OLIVIA SELLERS | NWA MEDIA Although she had abso- lutely no symptoms of heart disease, Sue Gifford of Rogers decided to have a minimally invasive cardiac calcium scoring test…
Defying the Odds
BY OLIVIA SELLERS | NWA MEDIA When Sherri and Dan Austin welcomed their baby girl Callie into the world the night of March 16 of 1993, they were told they…
Former Pro Football Player Teaches Others About Fitness and Health
With a degree in kinesiology from the University of Arkansas and a 5- year career as a professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts, Steven Conley has…
Spreading the Word
BY OLIVIA SELLERS | NWA MEDIA One evening in 2000, then 49-year-old Jim Teeselink felt his heart rate el-evate and said he “didn’t feel well and his body felt funny.”…
Even Active and Healthy are Afflicted
BY KATY HENRIKSEN | CONTRIBUTING WRITER In the late winter of 2008 Gary Gatton was an ac- tive and healthy 45-year-old when he collapsed just after completing the Pump and…
Even the Youngest are Heart Survivors
BY KATY HENRIKSEN | CONTRIBUTING WRITER When imagining people who have survived heart condi- tions, elderly people immediately come to mind, but Leighton Harper suffered from one be- fore he…
