Once, serious abnormal heart rhythms or arrhythmia (ah-RITH-me-ah) required open-heart surgery to treat. 1  Fortunately, this is rarely the case today. Thanks to advances in medicines and medical devices, there are now safer and much more comfortable treatment options for abnormal heart rhythms.
Rhododendron /ËroÊdÉËdÉndrÉn/ (from Ancient Greek á¿¥ÏÎ´Î¿Î½ rhÃ³don rose and Î´Î­Î½Î´ÏÎ¿Î½ dÃ©ndron tree) is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the Southern Highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America.
Where to Find Rhododendron in Western NC. Explorers fell for it, enthusiasts still search for it, and communities rally around it. The rhododendron has been a symbol of the Blue Ridge for centuries, and every summer, it covers our hillsides with color. If a rhododendron could speak, imagine what it would say.