Oct. 20, 2015 Time to 'Break Up' with your Chair How many hours do you spend sitting in a chair each day? The average American sits 13 hours a day, and the majority say they hate sitting so much—with good reason.
Nov. 10, 2015 Five Things You Should Know About Valley Fever Valley fever, also known as desert rheumatism or San Joaquin Valley fever, is Arizona’s disease.
June 4, 2016 CPR and AEDs Save Lives, Especially Young Healthy Athletes We’ve learned a great deal about improving survival rates and quality of life for sudden cardiac arrest patients.
Sept. 9, 2016 Reducing Atrial Fibrillation’s Fear Factor It’s a common scenario in a cardiology clinic when the cardiologist informs the patient they have atrial fibrillation (AFib), an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by rapid and irregular beating.
Feb. 2, 2017 Have Your Wine and Chocolate, Too? Sweet Heart Month Eating Tips When it comes to decisions of the heart, February can be a complicated month.
April 15, 2017 Since You Can't Select Your Family, Choose a Risk-reducing Lifestyle As an African American woman, I am aware that I’m in one of the highest-risk groups for dying from heart disease but my non-inherited risk factors are manageable.
Feb. 12, 2018 Mechanical Devices as Small as Cell Phones Buy Quality Time for Patients with Advanced Heart Disease When it comes to mechanical heart devices, downsizing has been a good thing.
Feb. 22, 2018 Taking Medications to Heart: Drug-Induced Long QT Syndrome Almost every medication we take comes with some side effects. Thankfully, most of these risks are small and the side effects for common medications are mild.
Oct. 2, 2018 Danger in the Dust: Valley Fever Coccidioidomycosis, or “cocci” for short, is the medical term for Valley fever, an infectious disease that affects thousands of people in Arizona every year.
Feb. 11, 2019 Could Getting Your Flu Shot Help You Avoid a Silent Killer? Not only does getting a flu shot significantly decrease your chance of getting the flu, but it protects others around you from infection as well.