Tag: heart health
- A Letter to Patients from Millennium’s Director of Value-Based Pharmacy Dear Valued Patients, Taking your medications as prescribed is an important step in preventing complications from your chronic health conditions. Complications from diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol can be severe and may even increase your risk of hospitalization and poor [...]
- How these cholesterol-lowering pills work and who's a candidate Statins are a proven and popular prescription medication choice for people hoping to lower their cholesterol and they’ve been shown to help successfully manage your cholesterol and lower your risk of heart disease. But how do they do it? Millennium Physician Group Cardiologist Brian Taschner, MD, [...]
- We’re bombarded with all sorts of facts and stats about heart disease and a common misconception is people think if they don’t have a family history of heart disease they’re not at risk. Millennium Physician Group Interventional Cardiologist Terence Connelly, M.D., says family history’s not even in his top three risk factors. “The family history [...]
- According to the American Heart Association, now's the perfect time to “Reclaim Your Rhythm” by creating or rebuilding healthy habits. There’s one simple and easy thing you can do to take charge of your heart health. “High blood pressure - or hypertension - is the most common cause or heart disease and even heart failure,” [...]
- FULL TRANSCRIPTION: Maggie Rodriguez: Many forms of heart disease can be treated and prevented by living a healthy lifestyle and one leading risk factor that's important to keep an eye on is high blood pressure. Joining us now with more on this is Dr. Nektarios Demetriou from Millennium Physician Group. Welcome back, Doctor. Dr. Nektarios [...]