Vaping devices, also known as e-cigarettes, vape pens, e-vaporizers, or electronic nicotine delivery systems are becoming familiar terms. Since they first were introduced to the public, they have become wildly popular in many shapes and sizes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2022 more than 2.5 million middle and high school students in the United …

After a Heart Event: Reading a Food Nutrition Label So, you have had a heart event, now what? You are probably scared and have asked your doctors, friends and neighbors a million questions to try to prevent it from ever happening again. Joyce Jacobs, RN, MSN, a Nurse Navigator with the Florence Wormwald Heart & Vascular Institute at St. Elizabeth …

St. Elizabeth Healthcare has recently been recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program as a Gold Safe Sleep Hospital for its commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep. This certification is awarded by Cribs for KidsÒ, a national organization committed to baby sleep safety. We sat down with Stefanie Clarke, Educator in the Neonatal Intensive …

April 1 is usually a day filled with good-natured fun. But for Alicia and Nick Eads, that day in 2010 took a more serious turn. Alicia was 20 weeks pregnant with twins, and she started having painful pre-term contractions. The couple, who had already lost two pregnancies, rushed to the Labor and Delivery Triage at St. Elizabeth Edgewood Hospital. To …

Cool down during hot days by indulging in this easy, one-ingredient dessert. Yes, you read that right. There is only one ingredient in this heart-health “ice cream.” Watch the video below for an easy-to-follow recipe:

As an athletic trainer, Mike Quinn is passionate about health, fitness and keeping people safe and injury-free. So, it’s no surprise this 54-year-old dad volunteers for his 14-year-old daughter’s soccer team. What is surprising is that his commitment to keeping kids safe ended up saving his own life. After helping the girls warm up for practice one day in early …

Back to school means back to play for many student-athletes. And that can often mean an increased risk of concussion as well. “Concussion is a traumatic brain injury, either directly to the head or neck or indirectly from a blow to the body. It’s not a structural brain injury. It affects the functioning of the brain,” says James Hahn, MD, …

You May Not Need Regular Aspirin Unless You’ve Had a Previous Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent, volunteer panel of medical experts focused on improving the health of people, shared new guidelines in April 2022 suggesting people without a previous heart attack or stroke or diagnosis of cardiovascular disease should not take low-dose …