A Guide to a Healthy Heart

Knowing your personal risk for heart disease is the first step towards heart health. There are obvious risks such as smoking and being overweight, we all know if those are risk factors for us. There are other risk factors that are not so obvious. High blood pressure and high cholesterol are not obvious and usually… Read More »

What Is Heart Disease? Most simply say heart disease when referring to coronary heart disease. Heart disease is when the arteries that supply the blood to the heart become narrowed and hardened because of plaque buildup on the inner walls of the artery. As plaque, an accumulation of fat, cholesterol and other substances build up… Read More »

A lot of people look at heart disease as something that happens to other people, not to them. Thinking they “feel fine” so they have nothing worry about. Many women think that being female protects them from heart disease. Men may think they are not old enough to have a serious heart condition. They may… Read More »