Heart Health : Heart Maintenance
Even though American Heart Month is almost over, maintaining heart health should last all year long. The CDC makes suggestions for ways to prevent heart-related illnesses. Recommendations include living a healthy lifestyle which means to eat a healthy diet, maintain a healthy weight, exercise regularly, don’t smoke and limit alcohol use. If you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes, you can take these steps to lower your risk for heart disease: monitor your blood pressure, have your cholesterol checked, manage your diabetes, take your medication and keep in touch with your healthcare provider.
Be sure to visit stj.com to find out all the ways St. John’s can help you keep your heart healthy with services like the Heart Failure Clinic, CV Risk Assessments, $89 Cardiac CT Scoring and more. For more information, visit stj.com or call Referral One at 625.2000. And, to learn more about the Sisters of Mercy Health System, log on to mercy.net.
