heart disease

February 13, 2018

Matters of the Heart: Understand your risk for heart disease

Your heart (and your patient’s hearts), one of the most important organs in your body, receives recognition this month. Not for all of the hard work it does each and every day pumping blood throughout your body, but to raise awareness of heart disease. The American Heart Association reports that 1 in 3 Americans die…

February 20, 2015

Smoking Cessation is Important for YOUR Heart’s Health

The link between smoking and cancer is well known, but there’s another major killer associated with smoking that often goes unnoticed – heart disease. “Smoking not only causes cancer. Smoking is also a significant contributor to heart disease, the top cause of death for men and women in the U.S.,” said Paul Fitzpatrick, manager of…