Our society uses the word heart to describe two parts of the human experience. The physical organ that pumps blood through our bodies and the spirit that makes us who we are. In a cardiovascular practice like ours, we treat patients whose physical heart is unwell, but your emotional heart can just as easily be […]
Category: Healthy Living
Top Questions Women Have About Their Cardiovascular Health
With each year that passes, we know more and more about heart health. Of course, there are always more things to learn, but the more we know, the better we can help our patients live lives with heart health as a top priority. One of the subjects within cardiology that we understand better today than we […]
8 Key Components of a Heart Healthy Lifestyle
The American Heart Association has created a list they call Life’s Essential 8. The list is an overview of the eight most important things you can focus on to promote heart health today and for the long term. As we peruse the list, it’s easy to see that the essential eight are not individual bullet […]
4 Heart Healthy Meals To Enjoy This Winter
What foods come to mind when you think of winter? Most of our minds dance from cheesy casseroles to gravy-laden roasts. Though we live in Florida and can spend 12 months a year enjoying the outdoors, something about winter makes us crave the warmth and coziness we can only get from our favorite fatty winter […]
Reasonable Goals to Set Now for a Healthier You in 2023
Perfectionism is one of the biggest hindrances people encounter on their healthy living journeys. You set the bar so high with a strict diet and exercise routine that you tire yourself out and eventually fall off the healthy living wagon. We see it repeatedly, and this year we’d like nothing more than to see our […]
Heart Disease Prevention: Why It’s Important and How It’s Working
Some fascinating research has come to light recently, which shows that heart disease prevention tactics are highly effective in preventing or delaying heart-related conditions. Overall the researchers found that the participants’ life expectancy increased by up to 10 years, and the risk of developing heart disease decreased in both men and women. Heart disease prevention […]
Women and Heart Health: What You Need to Know
Each year in the United States, one in every five female deaths is caused by heart disease. We often think of men when we think of heart disease or heart attacks. But women are just as vulnerable to this dangerous disease and have their own set of risk factors and symptoms to worry about. Both men […]
Our Three Favorite Heart Healthy Summer Recipes
As temperatures rise, you may notice that you begin to crave different kinds of foods. Cold weather makes us want casseroles and rich, warm foods, and warm weather often has us looking for lighter, cooler foods to help us regulate our body temperature in hot weather. In many cases, warm-weather foods are naturally healthier, but […]