Don’t Let the Busy Holiday Season Impact your Heart Heart health should always be a priority, but it’s especially important during the busy holiday season. It’s no secret that during the holidays, some of us tend to eat too much, eat unhealthily and drink more alcohol than we normally would. At the same time, with all the hustle and bustle, …
Getting accurate blood pressure readings is like peering into a crystal ball focused on your heart and vascular health. That’s because blood pressure is a reading of the force your blood exerts as it presses against the walls of your arteries. High blood pressure is a threat to your: With such essential bodily systems at risk, it’s important to understand …
You may already know that too much stress is a bad thing. You may even know that too much stress can increase your risk for certain health issues, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. But did you know that women consistently report experiencing stress at higher rates than men? What Is the Mind-Body Connection? Chronic stress in women …
Insomnia in women is a growing problem in the United States. If you’re a woman who’s been tossing and turning like it’s an Olympic sport, you’re one in a nation of insomniacs. Insomnia, the most common sleep disorder in the U.S., reached 9.4 million diagnoses in 2015, up from 800,000 just over two decades earlier, reports the American Journal of …
With summer at an end, teens have headed back to school. A new school year means new teachers and new classes. For some teens, though, it could also be the introduction to a new habit — vaping. Nationwide, vaping is recognized as a public health emergency, particularly for kids. Adolescent and teen vaping increases are at epidemic levels. According to …
For the fifth consecutive year, St. Elizabeth Edgewood has received the American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2022. This award recognizes St. Elizabeth at the highest level for heart attack care and distinguishes St. Elizabeth as the only hospital in the Tristate to achieve this prestigious honor. “Our participation in this registry creates …
A pack-a-day smoker for many years, Teresa Cecil celebrates a monumental milestone: eight years smoke-free. Teresa enrolled in the smoking cessation program at St. Elizabeth Healthcare because, as a smoker, her health insurance increased by $40 per pay period. “I was so angry about the paycheck!” Teresa says. “I went into the class with an attitude. Our instructor had never …
Uncovering genetic link leads to better treatment Certain types of high cholesterol can have a genetic link. This inherited disorder is called familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Hypercholesterolemia is the medical term for high cholesterol in the blood. FH is caused primarily by a genetic defect on chromosome 19, which prohibits the body from effectively removing low-density lipoproteins (LDL), sometimes called “bad …
