by Marketing Communications | Sep 20, 2022 | Blog
It has an unusual name, but atrial fibrillation is a very common heart condition. In fact, it is the most common type of heart arrhythmia affecting millions of Americans every year. Heart arrhythmias are irregular heart rhythms. In atrial fibrillation, the heart beats...
by Marketing Communications | Aug 23, 2022 | Blog
Developing heart-healthy habits when we’re young makes it easier to maintain good habits as we get older. It actually has an impact on our health as adults. Studies show that children and teens with risk factors (such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, being...
by Marketing Communications | Jul 21, 2022 | Blog
By now, we’ve probably all seen the headlines stating that “sitting is the new smoking.” Whether it’s due to your desk job or too many hours on the couch binge-watching television shows (or even worse, both), a sedentary lifestyle has become one of the major risk...
by Marketing Communications | Jun 13, 2022 | Blog
WHAT IS A HEART CATH? A heart cath, or cardiac catheterization, is a procedure used to diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease. During cardiac catheterization, a narrow tube called a catheter is inserted into a blood vessel in the arm or groin and threaded to the...
by Marketing Communications | May 23, 2022 | Blog
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE HEART By now, most of us understand that the severity of illness associated with COVID-19 and how long symptoms might last can vary greatly from one person to the next. It has also become clear that severe COVID-19 symptoms...
by Marketing Communications | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
10 Tips for Improving Vein Health You probably don’t give much thought to your veins, at least not until you start having problems with them. Our veins carry oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart from all over our body, which makes them not only impressive...
