Know your heart and vascular system
Hello and welcome to Battling Heart and Stroke.
I deem it best that we get to know a little bit about our body and body organs before we move on to topics of battling heart diseases and stroke.
May is High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
May is High Blood Pressure Awareness Month, as initiated by the American Heart Association (AHA). More details soon!
Blogging on Matters Close to my Heart at HART
I`m glad to be here at Battling Heart and Stroke. And I`m here for professional as well as for personal reasons.
Professionally, I`ve worked on different writing projects on cardiovascular disorders, ranging from clinical and regulatory documents to web and print articles for patients and consumers. I definitely find this field of medicine pretty interesting.
I`m also quite involved with cardiovascular issues on a personal level. I had a heart condition myself way back as a consequence of Graves` disease and hyperthyroidism. I had to go through the whole battery of tests – from ultrasound to 48-hour continuous ECG. In the end it wasn`t anything serious and the problems resolved with treatments but the experience was enough to make me take heart and stroke issues seriously.
Raquel Billiones has a PhD in Biology and has over 15 years experience as a researcher, scientific English teacher, and medical writer. Since 2006, she has been a freelance WHAM specializing in medical writing and scientific documentation. 
