Your Health, May 2007
Salt is unhealthy for your heart. . . right?
And all fat is bad for your cardiac health? Are you sure? How much do people really know about their hearts? In this episode of Your Health, we talk to Dr. Jeffrey Guttas of Mills-Peninsula Health Services to dispel some myths about heart disease. The correct answers may surprise you.
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More than 2 million Americans have hearts that are beating out of synch
You'll meet a cyclist who went from riding 20,000 miles a year to no more than one hour a day. Why? Because of the debilitating and quite common atrial fibrillation. But now, thanks to Dr. Steven Hao of Sutter Pacific Heart Centers, and some amazing new technology, this cyclist is back to normal.
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When's the last time you had your blood pressure checked?
High blood pressure often has no symptoms. But, a blood pressure check is a simple, important test that helps us understand what's going on inside your body. Dr. John Chin of Sutter Independent Physicians in Sacramento will give you some good reasons why you should have yours checked more often.
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It’s been called a new epidemic.
Heart failure affects nearly 5 million Americans, but most of us don’t even know what it is. Hear from a patient who thought she just had a chest cold. We'll talk to Dr. Tania Nanevicz of Mills-Peninsula Health Services to learn more about the heart failure epidemic.