Tag: "heart"
Austin Pettis rallies the Heart Walk team
Honorary team captain and St. Louis Rams wide receiver, Austin Pettis, recently visited the Heart & Vascular Center to not only rally our Heart walk team, but he also took some time to meet with physicians, nurses and patients currently in our Heart & Vascular program. Pettis was presented with his heart walk T-shirt and [...]
Heart & Vascular Wellness Zone
Come see us at the Rams game this Sunday and learn more about our upcoming event, the Heart & Vascular Wellness Zone! You can also enter for a chance to win 4 premium lower level tickets and VIP on-field passes for the game against the Arizona Cardinals in 2013. Mark your calendars for the Heart [...]
Update On St. Louis’ First Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Patient
We are in the final stages of putting together our annual report to the community and one of the stories from the publication we wanted to share early is an update on TAVR patient #1, Mary Ann Cahalin of Florissant. “My wife is famous.” That’s what Cahalin’s husband would share with friends and even some strangers after [...]
New diabetes drug approved by FDA
The FDA has approved Amylin Pharmaceutical’s new diabetes drug called Bydureon. The approval comes after two rejections, one back in 2010 which called for a new trial geared at the drug’s effects on the heart. The FDA has become more scrutinizing when it comes to diabetes medication ever since the situation years ago with Avandia [...]
The DASH diet – Dr. Ed Geltman weighs in
The DASH diet is a hot topic in the news these days, and it’s success is proving to be big competition for other well-known diets for many reasons, one of them being that it MAY lower your blood pressure in as little as two weeks time. The DASH diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to [...]
31 Days of Health Tip #5 – Step It Up For Your Ticker
We recently received the following question on our Facebook page – how long should each workout be for good cardiovascular health? What we do know is that fitness can help to prevent heart disease, but how much is needed to make a difference? In researching this topic I found many differing answers, so I decided to go [...]
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