Cardiovascular Health
Approximately 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day – that’s an average of one death every 40 seconds. While you can’t change factors like age and family history, even modest changes to your diet and lifestyle can improve your heart health and lower your risk by 80 percent.
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Dr. Harry Aldrich
“It’s an important part for everybody to take part in their own care to prevent heart disease, and the main part of doing that is to be sure that you’re not becoming overweight, keeping your blood pressure under control, and watching your cholesterol not go up,” says Dr. Harry Aldrich, Medical Director, Echocardiography, EKG and […]
Samantha Chen
Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. Samantha Chen, Registered Nurse at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says the majority of the people she sees have high cholesterol. “All of the advantages in the preventive space and in the treatment space with angioplasty, thrombolytics, defibrillators and transplants have made a huge impact […]
Michelle Routhenstein
Cardiology Dietitian and Preventive Heart Health Nutritionist Michelle Routhenstein is a Preventive Cardiology Nutritionist, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Cardiology Dietitian. Michelle’s goal is to inspire people to take an active role in their health by raising knowledge of heart disease and its risks. She has more than a decade of experience working […]
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