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Heart of good health
Month is reminder of cardiac care
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Carson Barnes’ doctor talked tough to him after Barnes suffered a second heart attack. Exercise and diet control were among the steps the doctor told Barnes he would have to take to prolong his life.

Every beat of Carson Barnes’ heart is precious.

He knows each beat is one doctors didn’t think he’d have after he suffered two heart attacks in two weeks in 2006. Barnes, 74, lost function in 52 percent of his heart, and an internal defibrillator has kept it beating regularly for almost four years.

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