Summer is a great time of year for travel, outdoor fun, cookouts and festivities. Whether you suffer from heart disease, are at risk for heart disease or just want to maintain a heart healthy lifestyle, here’s some tips from your neighborhood cardiologist, Dr. Richard Daw, who practices at the Apex and Cary offices of WakeMed […]
It’s easy to lose track of your health and fitness – especially when your life is busy. Below, we take a look at some of the most common heart health mistakes that men make and how making a few minor adjustments can improve your overall cardiovascular health. Heart Health Mistakes That Men Make #1 – […]
Expertise, experience and advanced technology have been hallmarks of WakeMed’s heart program for more than 50 years. WakeMed Heart & Vascular Physicians represents the best training and the latest technologies, all backed by the WakeMed Heart Center, the region’s preferred cardiac center. Thanks to new subspecialties, innovative procedures and our growing team of talented cardiologists, […]
Burn calories and elevate your heart rate in a number of creative ways. Here are some ideas to help get you moving out of your chair and towards a healthier heart! Be More Active. Here are 22 Ways How #1 – Mow the lawn. Depending on how much you have to mow as well as […]
WakeMed Health & Hospitals and Duke Health have signed a joint operating agreement, bringing together their renowned heart programs and expertise to create an innovative, integrated cardiovascular collaboration. The two organizations will work together to deliver highly-coordinated cardiovascular care, a broader scope of services and greater value and affordability to Wake County’s growing population of […]
Can you really suffer from a broken heart? Well….it’s complicated. Often, when we think of broken hearts, we think of an image of a heart split into two jagged pieces. In real life, a broken heart may not necessarily be a cause of death, but it can certainly have serious cardiovascular implications. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Takotsubo cardiomyopathy […]
Walk your way to a healthier heart. All you have to do is take that first step. As one of the few, low-impact activities around, walking is easy to start and is fairly low risk for injury. Besides this, walking has also been proven to be effective at reducing your risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, […]
Do happier people have healthier hearts? While we often think of happiness as being the result of something, it can also have a causal effect. 3 Ways that Happiness is Healthier for You #1 – Happier people have fewer heart attacks. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center studied the link between emotions and heart disease and […]
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