While it's natural to feel relief when your blood pressure reading is normal, it's important to keep an eye on it to stay healthy and lower your risk of heart disease.
Category: Cardiac Care
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4 Simple but Powerful Ways to Love Your Heart
By Beth Ankeny, CNP, Family Medicine Now that Valentine’s Day is over and the conversation hearts and assorted chocolates in the cute heart-shaped boxes are on clearance, it is time to talk about the heart that really gets your blood pumping. Coincidentally, it is also around this time many people have “fallen off the wagon”...
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Your Heart Hears Everything That Your Mind Says
Cardiac rehab gives people confidence to recover after a cardiac event. Evidence shows that there is a two-way relationship between heart disease and mental health.
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest and the Shocking Statistics
It is common to think, “It won’t happen to me!” You may be right, but sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) may happen to someone next to you. What is it and what do you do?
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ER Patient Survived Ruptured Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm (AAA) Through Quick Diagnosis With State-of-the-Art Ultrasound
By implementing leading-edge medical technologies that you'd find at larger facilities, our patients have a great advantage. Knowing it was potentially preventable, Larry has a message.
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Together Our Hearts Beat Stronger: Cardiac Rehab
Patients are supported by a cardiac rehab team while regaining strength, reducing future risk of heart problems, and improving their overall quality of life.
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Three Things to Know About Managing Chronic Disease
Living with a chronic condition can be managed well with the help and support of your primary care doctor and healthcare team.
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When a Headache Isn’t Just a Headache
Tension headaches and migraine headaches are common and often subside without medical treatment. Some headaches, though rare, may require a trip to the ER.
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A “Smart” Way to Monitor Unexplained Cardiac Symptoms
For patients and doctors, the loop recorder device is a game-changer in diagnosing cardiac symptoms that happen infrequently and for no apparent reason. This is how easy it is for the patient - and the technology helps the doctors.
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Heart Attack Averted
Cardiac patients benefit from tight-knit cardiac care coordination between Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood and CentraCare Heart & Vascular Center in St. Cloud. Read one patient's story to see how it saved his life.
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