Long Covid

ONE BIG THING: 6.9 percent (22 million) of the U.S. population suffers from Long Covid. WHAT’S HAPPENING: Common symptoms include brain fog (58 percent), post-exertional malaise (72 percent), and fatigue (78 percent). About 50 percent of those surviving hospitalization from Covid-related causes w...
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What is Covid-19?

COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Older adults and people with underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes are at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness. COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person through respir...
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Obesity

The AMA voted to add obesity as a disease to the coding system doctors use to describe their patients’ conditions. They are hoping that primary care doctors will begin discussing obesity with their patients, a discussion long overdue.  At HeartCare, we have been focused on obesity, its interface...
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Hypertension

What is Hypertension? Hypertension is a dangerous condition because there are few recognizable symptoms. Sometimes when blood pressure is very high, some people experience headaches and dizziness, but oftentimes there is no indication at all. Therefore, diagnosis requires that blood pressure be t...