Expert Q&A: What you need to know about pregnancy and heart health
(BPT) - While there are many health complications surrounding pregnancy and giving birth, those related to cardiovascular disease are some of the most common - and the number one killer of new moms in the U.S. According to The American Heart Association s Go Red for Women Movement, heart disease and stroke account for more than 25 percent of the roughly 700 deaths in the U.S. each year due to pregnancy complications.
Pregnancy puts stress on your heart and circulatory system, and it s important for women to pay attention to the risk factors. Adverse pregnancy outcomes are linked to hypertension, diabetes, abnormal cholesterol and cardiovascular disease events, including heart attack and stroke, long after their pregnancies, says Dr. Nisha I. Parikh, Chair of the American Heart Association s scientific statement writing committee and associate professor of medicine in the cardiovascular division at the Univ
CVS offering free health screenings this week Know Your Numbers program assesses heart health
In honor of National Women s Health Week, CVS is starting an initiative to offer free heart health screenings.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â In honor of National Women s Health Week, CVS is starting an initiative to offer free heart health screenings.
CVS will offer no-cost screenings for men and women at all MinuteClinic locations locally and nationwide through Saturday.
If the pandemic has caused you to put off check-ups with a primary care provider, you can walk into any MinuteClinic this week and learn key personal health numbers that will determine your risk for heart disease. Patients will be able to determine their risk for heart disease and be screened for their cholesterol, HDL (that s good cholesterol), blood pressure, blood sugar levels and body mass index.
/PRNewswire/ CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced new initiatives to support women s health and wellness in May, including offering no-cost heart health.
It seems like just a couple of weeks since I was writing a column where I said we need to pay more attention to the way diseases and treatments affect the bodies of women. Oh, wait. It was. Now, here we are, with one of the three vaccines meant to