Heart Health

5. Take Charge of Your Life

Aug 8, 2019 · · Heart Health
Surely, you’re familiar with the adage, “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” That saying has relevance to managing your cholesterol and improving your cardiovascular health. Many of the risk factors for high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease are modifiable. So, once you and your physician … Read More

3. At Risk: Heart and Blood Vessels

Aug 8, 2019 · · Heart Health
As you and your physician track your lipid numbers, you’ll gain insight about the state of your heart and blood vessels and your odds of suffering a cardiovascular event. But lipid levels represent only one of many images in your cardiovascular health mosaic. You need to focus on all the … Read More

4. Screening and Prevention

Aug 7, 2019 · · Heart Health
Your health-care team has a variety of tests at its disposal to help gauge your risk level—from basic to more complex blood tests and advanced imaging studies. Although medical organizations agree on the importance of screening for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, their guidelines about how to screen … Read More

2. Cholesterol and Your Heart Health

Aug 7, 2019 · · Heart Health
On average, the heart beats (contracts and relaxes) about 100,000 times a day, pumping about 2,000 gallons of blood daily. If you live 78.6 years (the average life span in the United States), your heart will beat more than 2.8 billion times and pump more than 57 million gallons of … Read More

1. Cholesterol 101

Aug 7, 2019 · · Heart Health
It’s easy to understand why the word “cholesterol” conjures up negative connotations. Odds are, when you hear that term, it’s being used in the context of your cardiovascular health. And, if your doctor is discussing it, often it means there’s cause for concern. However, not everything about cholesterol is negative. … Read More

From The Author

Aug 7, 2019 · · Heart Health
If you’re reading this report, you clearly have an interest in managing your cholesterol. Maybe you’ve been told your cholesterol is too high, or maybe you simply want to do what you can now to keep it in an acceptable range. Wherever you are on the cholesterol continuum, you’re wise … Read More

What Hyperlipidemia Means for Your Health

Jul 31, 2019 · · Heart Health
“Hyperlipidemia” is one of those medical terms that leave most of us scratching our heads in confusion. But even if it is a mouthful, it’s important to understand what the term means, since it is linked with the leading causes of death in the U.S. population. First, a translation from … Read More

Treatment Insights for A-fib

Jul 30, 2019 · · Heart Health
Sixty-eight-year-old Rick was feeling exceptionally tired, and his heart was beating unusually fast. He hadn’t eaten since breakfast, and it was late in the afternoon. He shrugged it off, had a turkey sandwich, and felt better. Later that week, he again felt a fluttery, uncomfortable feeling in his chest and … Read More

Heart Disease and Depression

Jul 30, 2019 · · Heart Health
Heart disease and depression are often intertwined. People with heart disease are twice as likely as those without to develop depression, while people with depression have a higher risk of developing heart problems, a lower chance of recovery, and a threefold risk of death from a heart attack. Researchers have … Read More

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