Cold plunges and hot saunas have gained widespread popularity, each offering distinct health benefits along with important safety considerations. Here ...
Heat and cold therapies may seem like opposites, but both play vital roles in recovery by helping manage inflammation and promote blood flow. Heat is ...
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Those words of wisdom from Benjamin Franklin remain true today, meaning it is far better to prevent ...
Calcium is essential for healthy bones, but when calcium deposits form plaque in the heart’s arteries, they can become harmful. Calcified plaque is a ...
Horizon Health has joined an elite group of US hospitals for excellence in cardiovascular and stroke care. The Paris, Illinois, hospital is one of ...
Sara Conn is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner at Horizon Health's Paris Clinic in Paris, Illinois. The facts about high blood pressure are ...
Latia Summerville is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner in the Horizon Health Cardiology Department. Does drinking a glass of wine each day ...
Latia Summerville is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner in the Horizon Health Cardiology Department. What is “a fib?” No, we are not talking ...
When it comes to surviving a stroke, time is of the essence. A stroke, also known as a “brain attack,” is caused by a lack of blood flow to the brain ...
When it comes to patient care, cardiology holds a special place in the heart of Latia Summerville, family nurse practitioner. Latia recently joined ...
The human heart beats more than 100,000 times per day, pumping about four quarts of blood every minute. To ensure this vital muscle never misses a ...
When it comes to damage or disease in the heart’s major blood vessels, plaque is often to blame. Plaque is fatty deposits of cholesterol, calcium, and ...
Is plaque to blame?
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