Women’s Heart Health: Prevention and Attention Are Keys to Wellness Kelsie Bond, PA-C, offers heart-health tips for safeguarding cardiovascular health Want to receive even more amazing articles with health advice from our providers? Sign up for our every-other-month Living Well newsletter here. Kelsie Bond, PA-C [...]
Keep Your Heart Healthy: Meet new cardiologist Dr. Laws Dr. Frank Laws, MRH cardiologist, offers tips on how you can keep heart disease at bay Want to receive even more amazing features about new (and long-standing) MRH physicians? Sign up for our every-other-month Living Well newsletter here. There [...]
September is Cholesterol Education Month Why it’s important to care about high cholesterol before it leads to disease If you’re interested in receiving local healthcare-related news and updates from Memorial Regional Health, please subscribe to Living Well here. So, your provider told you that you have elevated [...]
Provider Spotlight: Get to know Kelsie Bond, PA-C Learn more about Kelsie’s important roles in primary care, hospice/palliative care, cardiology and cardiac studies Want to get features that highlight our amazing MRH staff right in your inbox? Sign up for our every-other-month Living Well newsletter here. [...]
February is American Heart Month Our new visiting cardiology specialist provides advice on how you can stay heart-healthy and prevent disease Do you want local healthcare information and tips sent straight to your inbox? Sign up for our virtual Living Well newsletter here. Designated as American Heart Month [...]
By Lauren Glendenning, For Memorial Regional Health Nov. 9 is National Diabetes Heart Connection Day People living with diabetes are twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as people without diabetes — that’s because people with diabetes, especially those with type 2 diabetes, often have other conditions that contribute to a [...]
By Lauren Glendenning, For Memorial Regional Health World Heart Day is Sept. 29 The most common ways to neglect your heart health include smoking, being overweight or obese, eating the wrong foods and living a sedentary lifestyle. The World Heart Federation reports that cardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death, claiming 17.9 [...]
The Importance of Keeping an Eye on Your Blood Pressure If you eat well and exercise regularly, you probably don’t have to worry about having high blood pressure, right? Wrong. In fact, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), high blood pressure is common, and nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure [...]
By Lauren Glendenning, For Memorial Regional Health September is National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month Atrial fibrillation, commonly known as AFib, is an irregular heartbeat or arrhythmia that can lead to serious complications if not treated properly. Originating in the upper chambers of the heart, AFib can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and [...]
By Lauren Glendenning, For Memorial Regional Health Without early warning signs of high cholesterol, it’s important to talk to your primary health provider about cholesterol testing and heart disease risk While what we eat does directly influence cholesterol levels in our bodies, the foods with the most impact are not the foods that contain [...]
