Anorexia can break your heart in many ways. If you’re familiar with this eating disorder, you get it: It’s complicated. Anorexia can kick in when you want to be thin, but weight loss goes too far. Without nourishing food, your body, mind, and heart start to feel the pain. Then…
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Tony was only 53. But he was often short of breath and too tired to play with his kids or enjoy golf. We often think heart failure only happens to older people, but younger adults like Tony with other (sometimes undiagnosed) heart conditions or other risk factors can also develop…
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