4 Things Every Woman Should Know About Heart Health
Women can take steps to prevent heart disease by practicing healthy lifestyle habits.
Heart and Vascular Health, Women's Health
Category: Heart and Vascular Health
A Less Invasive Approach to Chest Pain
A cardiologist explains why medications are just as effective as surgery in many cases.
Heart and Vascular Health, Surgery
Blood Pressure: Why It’s Important to Know Your Numbers
New hypertension guidelines indicate more Americans are at risk.
Heart and Vascular Health
How Family History Affects Your Risk of Heart Disease
You can lower your risk of heart disease even if it runs in your family.
Heart and Vascular Health
For the Best Workouts, Know Your Target Heart Rate
You don’t need a wearable device to know this important number.
Exercise, Heart and Vascular Health
His Biggest Obstacle Yet: A Stroke
Thanks to his co-workers’ quick thinking, an active 34-year-old recovers fully from a stroke.
Stroke
Menopause and Your Heart
Take these steps to lower your risk of heart disease after menopause.
Heart and Vascular Health, Menopause, Women's Health
4 Ways to Protect Your Heart This Winter
As the temperatures drop, the rates of heart disease rise. “Heart disease can occur any time of the year, but there is some seasonality to it, and it does increase in the winter months,” says UNC cardiologist Christopher Kelly, MD. Cardiologists don’t know for sure why the winter months are riskier for hearts, but it…
Heart and Vascular Health
Your Dog is Good for Your Health
More than 65 percent of U.S. households own at least one dog and nearly half own more than one. And that’s good news for Americans’ health. Owning a dog decreases blood pressure and helps to prevent cardiovascular disease. Anita Skariah, DO, a physician with Orange Family Medical Group in Hillsborough, appeared on WRAL’s “Staying Healthy”…
Heart and Vascular Health
Cancer Treatment Can Save Your Life but Harm Your Heart
People who have been treated for cancer are sometimes at higher risk of heart disease.
Cancer, Heart and Vascular Health, Heart Failure
An Emerging COVID-19/Stroke Connection
The virus could lead to blood clots that could result in stroke for people of all ages.
Coronavirus, Stroke
COVID-19 When You Have a Heart Condition
People with heart disease need to take extra precautions.
Heart and Vascular Health