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 […]
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 […]
When was the last time you worked out while angry? For most people, exercise improves your health and can provide relief from anger and other emotional stressors…but what if you’re already at high risk for cardiovascular disease? According to a study published in the journal of the American Heart Association (AHA), experiencing anger/emotional upset or heavy physical […]
To improve and preserve your cardiac health, a few simple lifestyle changes can make a big impact. We always stress the importance of exercise, but for those who feel intimidated by that word, a simple place to start is to increase the amount of steps you take each day. Try taking the stairs whenever possible, […]
“Every time you go out and it’s cold, your heart has to work that much harder to maintain your core body temperature,” says Dr. Islam Othman, a cardiologist with WakeMed Faculty Physicians – Raleigh Cardiology. If you already suffer from some form of cardiovascular issue, the strain on your heart of going out in the […]
Dr. Bhavani Balaravi of Raleigh Cardiology, shared what doctors are listening for when they listen to your chest in the latest edition of Heart to Heart Magazine, WakeMed Heart Center’s quarterly heart health awareness publication. “Today’s stethoscopes still play an important role in diagnosing heart, lung and vascular conditions,” said Bhavani Balaravi, MD, FACC, a […]
WakeMed Corporate & Community Health is hosting cholesterol screenings on Friday, September 2 and again on September 16th. For just $27 you get a full lipid panel cholesterol, blood pressure and results interpretation. 12-hour fast required. Friday, September 2 WakeMed Raleigh Campus 3000 New Bern Ave. Raleigh, NC 27610 7:30 – 10:00 am Friday, September […]
WRAL.com and WakeMed partnered to host a “take care of your heart” recipe contest using local ingredients. Here Brian Shrader and Lisa Prince demonstrate the winning tabouleh recipe. Yum.
February is Heart Month, and in our most recent issue of Heart to Heart we included interviews with a few of our cardiologists about how they stay heart healthy. Christian Gring, MD, FACC Wake Heart & Vascular Associates Heart to Heart: Do you ever fall off the heart-healthy wagon? Dr. Gring: I am the poster […]
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