Moderating Lifestyle to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
When speaking with your patients about how to decrease their risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease, lifestyle changes are an important aspect but can be difficult to tackle. One place to start is the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7: encouraging...
Stroke and the Importance of Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement
The number of Americans at risk for heart attacks and strokes just got a lot higher. An estimated 103 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure, according to new statistics from the American Heart Association. That’s nearly half of all adults in the United States....
One Minute I Could Talk; The Next, I Could Not
About 103 million adults in the United States have high blood pressure. Nearly half of those people don’t have their blood pressure controlled. High blood pressure causes the heart to pump harder to move blood through the body which can weaken blood vessels and damage...
You Can Laugh or You Can Cry
Five days after Jan celebrated her 65th birthday, her life was changed forever. She had just gotten home from having dinner with friends. While she was changing clothes she suddenly fell. Thankfully, she landed on her bed avoiding any major injury. She felt like...
#MoveWithHeart During National High Blood Pressure Education Month
Hypertension or High Blood Pressure increases your risk of dangerous health conditions, like heart attack, stroke and heart failure. Lifestyle changes, such as increasing physical activity might lower your risk for developing hypertension. During National High Blood...
Rising Stroke Impact at Younger Ages: Blood Pressure Impacts Risk
Strokes are happening at younger ages and statistics show increasing rates for the 45-64 age group. High blood pressure is one of the risk factors for stroke, along with high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes. Given the connection, National Stroke Awareness and...
A Passion for Prevention: Contributor to Success
We had the privilege of having a conversation with Dr. Susan Newman, a Lead Physician with the Grand Island Clinic, earlier this week on her efforts to improve hypertension rates among her patients. Over a one year time span, Dr. Newman has had an increase of 6...
Submit Your Entry: 2019 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge
2019 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge Deadline Approaching: Submit your entry today! The Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge is a competition to identify clinicians, practices and health systems that have demonstrated exceptional achievements...
Enter the Million Hearts™ Hypertension Challenge
Submit your entry for the 2019 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge The Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge is a competition to identify clinicians, practices and health systems that have demonstrated exceptional achievements in working...
A New Take on the Buddy System for a Heart Healthy Lifestyle
Strong relationships in every aspect of life have a direct impact on health. Family, friends and colleagues immediately come to mind, but many individuals forget to consider healthcare professionals as key members of their support network. These relationships...