May 15, 2020

By American Heart Association News New York City cardiologist Dr. Samer Kottiech became a “hardcore COVID expert” the hard way. He developed symptoms he didn’t immediately recognize as COVID-19: redness and pain on the small toes of his left foot and his index finger. Chills and severe muscle aches presented two days later, followed by...

By American Heart Association News The first thing to know about the possible links between COVID-19 and stroke is simple, say doctors: We just don’t know. “We have very serious worries that there’s a connection,” said Dr. Patrick D. Lyden, professor of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “But I want to make...

In the United States alone the cost of care for patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) has surpassed over 20 billion dollars as published in a study in 2018. These costs are associated with the increasing burden on patients with repeated Physician’s office visits, lost wages, recurring hospital admissions, surgical procedures, care by family members,...

Type 2 Diabetes is more common in patients with hypertension or dyslipidemia, women with previous gestational diabetes, and non-Caucasian patients including Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics/ Latinos, Asians, and Pacific Islanders. In general, studies show that regardless of educational attainment, household earnings, and occupational status, the prevalence of physical inactivity is the highest among African...