Traveling with Heart Disease: Tips for a Safe Trip
With the holiday travel season upon us, many people will be traveling to visit friends and family. Travel can be stressful, but if you are one of the millions of Americans who has heart disease …
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Fall Super Foods
By Maureen Scaramella, R.D.
When we think of fall, we immediately think about pumpkin. But autumn weather also creates perfect growing conditions for other cool-season crops like squash, broccoli and fruits such as apples and pomegranates. All of these foods …
High Blood Pressure and Heart Risks: Get the Facts
The World Health Organization has identified hypertension, or high blood pressure, as the leading cause of cardiovascular deaths in the world. It’s a surprising fact, but one in every three Americans has high blood pressure (hypertension) …
Obesity Is Termed a Disease. . .Now What?
Obesity is an epidemic in the United States. The Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary defines obesity as “a condition that is characterized by an excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body and that in an …
Tips for Living With Atrial Fibrillation (Afib)
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) affects about 2.2 million people in the United States and is the most common type of irregular heartbeat. Its frequency increases with age. The electrical impulses in the heart that trigger your …
Cooper Heart Institute Performs Milestone 100th TAVR Procedure
On Friday, August 30, 2013, the team from Cooper Heart Institute’s Structural Heart Disease Program performed the 100th TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) procedure.
This represents a major milestone, and the culmination of many years of training and experience for …
When Having a Big Heart Isn’t Good: Cardiomyopathy
In recent news, the nation learned that country singer Randy Travis was admitted to Texas hospital with viral cardiomyopathy. Approximately 50,000 people in the United States are hospitalized and more than 10,000 die each year from this condition.
Read the …