HIT Consultant March 23, 2021
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Cardiovascular disease-related deaths—which occur every 36 seconds—cost our country about $219 billion each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). People with poor cardiovascular health are also at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19, so the time to act is now. There’s no time like the present to look at major risk factors—from obesity and smoking to high cholesterol and blood pressure—and how to avoid them.
While acute care and medications exist to treat heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions, too often we look at how to manage ailments that already exist, rather than...