
How's Your Heart? It's National Heart Health Month!
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. While this is a frightening statistic, rest assured that heart disease is often preventable with healthy lifestyle choices. Many of the conditions and behaviors that put people at risk for heart disease are appearing at younger ages: High blood pressure. Having uncontrolled high blood pressure is one of the biggest risks for heart disease and other harmful conditions, such as stroke. High blood cholesterol.