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Smart Heart: Getting Heart Healthy

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All month long, News 12 has been introducing you to people who became heart healthy because they needed to be. But here's the thing: 50 percent of people who have heart attacks are healthy with normal weight and cholesterol levels.

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Smart Heart: Fitness for Life

We've all said it before: "This year is the year I'm going to get in shape!" And then dinnertime hits. Here's the story of one woman who actually stuck to her goal and completely changed her life around. (WRDW-TV)

We've all said it before: "This year is the year I'm going to get in shape!" And then dinnertime hits. Here's the story of one woman who actually stuck to her goal and completely changed her life around.

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Smart Heart: Healing Hearts

Brad Merry survived a heart attack and stroke at the age of 34. His wife, Martha, was by his side help him along the way. (WRDW-TV)

Kidney disease -- leading to a heart attack -- leading to a stroke. All of this at the age of 34. Jessica Dill introduces us to a man who survived it all and the woman who stayed alongside him the whole time.

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Smart Heart Profile: Heart attack in Afghanistan

Lee Manning

Suffering a heart attack is hard enough, but imagine having one in a war zone. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Lee Manning says he thought he was as healthy as a horse, until he had a heart attack while working in Afghanistan.

A discussion on fat

Smart Heart: A partnership between University Health System and News 12

In this "Smart Heart" report, we teaming up with University Hospital to talk about saturated and unsaturated fat.

Smart Heart: Treating strokes

Smart Heart: A partnership between University Health System and News 12

May is National Stroke Awarness month. And we're teaming up with University Hospital to look at how strokes are treated.

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Smart Heart: It's not too late to start exercising.

Smart Heart: A partnership between University Health System and News 12

In this edition of "Smart Heart" we're teaming up with University Hospital to show you that it's not too late to start exercising. That's one of the best ways to keep your cardiovascular system flowing smoothly.

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