By Robert A. Somer, MD and Joanne K. Mazzarelli, MD
You might think, “What does treatment for cancer have anything to do with heart disease, and why do I need to think about this?” But, for a small population …
By Robert A. Somer, MD and Joanne K. Mazzarelli, MD
You might think, “What does treatment for cancer have anything to do with heart disease, and why do I need to think about this?” But, for a small population …
Thanks to all the pharmaceutical marketing we hear every day, most people are aware of a category of medications called blood thinners. But it’s not always clear from these commercials exactly what they are and what …
On Friday, November 14, 2014, the team from Cooper Heart Institute’s Structural Heart Disease Program performed the 200th TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; sometimes referred to as TAVI) procedure.
This represents a major milestone, and …
We’ve all heard the dire message that heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States. But do we really know the actual number of Americans that suffer from …
Andrea M. Russo, MD, Director of the Cooper Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service at the Cooper Heart Institute
If you watch news during the dinner hour, it’s hard to miss all the pharmaceutical advertisements, many of which talk about a …
Sajjad A. Sabir, MD
Clinical Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Did you know that there is a common household item that may play a part in preventing heart disease? It’s the simple toothbrush. It makes sense that the billions of bacteria …
It is a well-documented public health problem that many Americans don’t get enough sleep. Lack of sleep has been linked to excessive fatigue, headaches, delayed reaction times and difficulty concentrating. For many Americans, sleep deprivation …
Want to live longer? Want to know one simple thing you can do? Stop sitting.
At a TED Conference in 2013, author and business writer Nilofer Merchant coined the phrase “sitting is the new smoking” and …