Image by Colorectal cancer alliance Cancer. The word cancer is gut-wrenching, fear-induced, and just plain unfathomable and unexplainable. This disease has painstakingly taken so many loved ones, young and old. Sadly, each year about 150,000 Americans are diagnosed with this disease and more than 50,000 die. Colorectal cancer, or CRC, is a disease of the […]
Chronic Everyday Stress can Take a Toll on your Heart
When dealing with mental stress, it can take over the health of your heart. We often don’t think about the brain-heart connection when it comes to preventing a heart attack, focusing on the physical body instead. After two years of pandemic stress, doctors worry about what all that extra long-term anxiety is doing to our […]
Heart Health: The Relationship Between you and your Doctor
As we kick off American Heart Month, each week we will focus on heart-healthy living. This first look is the relationship between you and your doctor. The first step towards heart health is understanding your risk of heart disease. Your risk depends on many factors, some of which are changeable, and others are not. Risk […]