Heart disease, known as the silent killer, strikes someone about once every 43 seconds and is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, killing over 375,000 people a year. About 735,000 people in the United State have heart attacks each year. Of those, about 120,000 die.

over to an electronic medical record. So, to practice my typing, I wrote the beginning of the story, where Betsy shoots the water moccasin on the front porch,” Lawler said. “I let it sit for a year or so, and then the rest of the plot formed up, and then it was just a matter of trimming out the story.

“Bones are composed of at least a dozen minerals and we need all of them in perfect proportions in order to have healthy bones and healthy bodies; osteoporosis is caused by a loss of minerals from the bones, not just calcium, and we cannot possibly...