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Tricks to Lower Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Disease

Tricks to Lower Blood Pressure

Derek Burnett | January 8, 2024

If you’ve just learned that you have high blood pressure, you may feel a sudden sense of urgency and alarm,…

Causes of High Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Disease

Causes of High Blood Pressure

January 7, 2024

When healthcare professionals talk about why a person might develop high blood pressure, they usually avoid speaking in terms of…

Foods that Lower Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Disease

Foods that Lower Blood Pressure

Derek Burnett | January 6, 2024

When it comes to controlling your blood pressure, being mindful of what you put into your body is a crucial…

Blood Pressure Medications
Cardiovascular Disease

Blood Pressure Medications

Derek Burnett | January 5, 2024

Even after making lifestyle changes such as a low-sodium diet, exercising, and improved sleep patterns, many people continue to struggle…

Symptoms of High Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Disease

Symptoms of High Blood Pressure

Derek Burnett | January 4, 2024

Controlling your blood pressure is one of the most important things you can do for your health, since high blood…

Did You Take Zantac? What You Need to Know
Heart

Did You Take Zantac? What You Need to Know

Jack E. Fincham, PhD, RPh | December 11, 2023

You’ve probably seen advertisements for lawsuits regarding cancers associated with the heartburn medication Zantac. If you took Zantac before it…

Should You Treat High Triglycerides?
High Cholesterol

Should You Treat High Triglycerides?

Sadiya Khan, MD | November 3, 2023

Cholesterol numbers and their significance often take center stage in discussions about cardiovascular health. However, there’s another number that tends…

When You Should – and Shouldn’t – Do CPR
Heart

When You Should – and Shouldn’t – Do CPR

Holland Kaplan, MD | October 22, 2023

CPR does save lives—but not as many as you might think. Outside the hospital, the survival rate for people receiving…

Heart Health = Brain Health
Heart

Heart Health = Brain Health

Chengxuan Qiu, PhD | October 17, 2023

To keep your brain healthy as you get older, focus on your heart health now. That is the conclusion of…

Keep Your Blood Pressure Under Control
Heart

Keep Your Blood Pressure Under Control

Gary Schwartz, MD | October 3, 2023

High blood pressure—we hear about it every day. Most of us know someone who has high blood pressure, or perhaps…

When Your Heart Skips a Beat
Heart

When Your Heart Skips a Beat

Chris Iliades, MD | July 11, 2023

"My heart just skipped a beat.” You have probably heard it or said it. It’s called a premature ventricular contraction…

Eat Your Way to Heart Health
Heart

Eat Your Way to Heart Health

July 10, 2023

Your heart pumps blood throughout your body. The arteries and veins through which blood flows to all of your organs,…

Shingles and Your Heart
Heart

Shingles and Your Heart

Paul Goepfert, MD | July 8, 2023

Shingles causes excruciating, disabling, burning pain that may last for weeks, months, or years. A new study from Harvard researchers…

You Can Save a Life

You Can Save a Life

Timothy M. Satty, MD | July 7, 2023

When 25-year-old Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after a play on the field, his life…

Beyond Pacemakers
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Beyond Pacemakers

John P. Higgins, MD | July 6, 2023

The concept of a pacemaker began 200 years ago when Luigi Galvani, the Italian physician and biologist, used an electrical…