by EPIC Health | Apr 20, 2022 | Chronic disease, Heart Health
The thyroid is a gland in your neck that makes hormones and releases them into your bloodstream. It’s just below your voice box and it’s shaped like a butterfly with two large lobes on the sides and narrower tissue connecting them. All glands are small organs that are...
by EPIC Health | Feb 25, 2022 | Heart Health
Your heart is the key to your health. It keeps you moving, provides your body with oxygen, and keeps your blood flowing. This makes exercise a very important part of living a healthy life and keeping your heart in great shape. But sometimes exercise can do no more...
by EPIC Health | Feb 21, 2022 | Heart Health
Hypertensive Heart Disease describes a group of heart conditions that are caused by uncontrolled high blood pressure. 1 in 3 Americans has high blood pressure, and half of those people don’t know they have high blood pressure (also known as hypertension). Men with...
by EPIC Health | Feb 17, 2022 | Heart Health
Heart disease isn’t something you have to be afraid of. Not only is it preventable, but EPIC can help you manage your risk, monitor your heart health, and provide you with multiple treatment options. To learn more, read on. To find out where your heart health...
by EPIC Health | Feb 11, 2022 | Heart Health
Your heart beats more than 100,000 times every day. But what happens when your heartbeat is off rhythm? Here we’ll give you a breakdown of what it means when your heartbeat is abnormal, and how your heart works. How does my heart work? Your heart has an electrical...
by EPIC Health | Feb 08, 2022 | Heart Health
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the US. In fact, every 37 seconds someone dies from heart disease. One reason for this is that most people don’t know they have heart disease until they have a heart attack, or until the damage is...