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Mar 7, 2019 The Truth About Learning Your Numbers Heart Care

There are a wide range of numbers and ways to measure our health that it can be confusing trying to keep up and know what constitutes a healthy range. Read on to decode the common numbers and learn how you can measure yours! Blood Pressure (BP) : Systolic ...

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Mar 5, 2019 Living Well With Heart Failure Heart Care

The term “heart failure” means that this vital organ is damaged in some way. Despite the dire-sounding nature of the term, however, a diagnosis of heart failure is far from a death sentence. “Care for heart failure patients has improved so dramatically ...

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Feb 19, 2019 The Road to Heart Failure Prevention Heart Care

The path you take to prevent heart failure is the same path to prevent heart disease of any type from occurring. There are some risk factors we can’t control– genetic abnormalities and predispositions, family history, gender and age – but there are many ...

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Feb 18, 2019 The #1 Danger to Women Heart Care

For females, heart disease has familiar risk factors—but sometimes different symptoms. ASK MOST WOMEN WHAT HEALTH THREAT THEY ARE MOST worried about, and they will likely say breast cancer or perhaps ovarian cancer. Statistically speaking, they are ...

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Feb 11, 2019 Hope Starts Here – Resources & Treatment to Manage Heart Failure Heart Care

RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey’s most extensive heart care network, offers patients every resource needed to manage heart failure – from diagnosis through treatment – caring for approximately 20,000 heart failure patients in New Jersey each year. Nearly 6 ...

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Feb 8, 2019 Two Sides of Heart Failure Heart Care

Loss of heart function due to heart failure can involve the left, right or both sides of the heart. Heart failure is a serious medical condition, but advances in treatment can slow progression and improve quality of life, while providing new hope to ...

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Feb 6, 2019 Living Well With Heart Failure Heart Care

It’s Possible To Feel Good And Stay Active, Even With A Diagnosis Of Heart Failure. The term “heart failure” means that this vital organ is damaged in some way. Despite the dire-sounding nature of the term, however, a diagnosis of heart failure is far from ...

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Feb 1, 2019 How to Avoid Becoming a Cardiac Patient: A Guide for the Worried Heart Care

Most patients who come to see Sarah Y. Fan, MD, a cardiologist at New Jersey Cardiology Associates in West Orange, and a member of Barnabas Health Medical Group, already have some form of coronary disease. But not all of them do. “Some people come to see ...

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