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
Category: 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
Time Is Brain: Seconds Matter After a Stroke
If you spot stroke symptoms, call 911 immediately. Here’s why.
Rehabilitation Services (OT and PT), Stroke
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
Prehypertension: High Blood Pressure’s Warning Sign
What you need to know if you’ve been diagnosed with elevated blood pressure.
Blood Pressure
The Athlete-Blood Clot Connection
Clots commonly happen because of injuries, and the physicality of sports may increase a player’s risk.
Heart and Vascular Health, Sports Medicine
Understanding Pericardial Effusion
This condition of fluid around the heart can mimic the symptoms of a heart attack or heart failure.
Heart and Vascular Health