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McLaren Northern Michigan, the Petoskey-based health care provider serving 22 counties, has been listed among the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in the country, according clinical and quality analysis by Premier, a leading health care organization aimed at improving how care is delivered. The hospital, which recently expanded its cardiovascular services by adding more providers — creating more access to its advanced level of care — has routinely ranked among the nation’s best, having been named to this...

Whether it’s from everyday deadlines, financial struggles, or the COVID-19 pandemic, stress shows up often in life. And your body reacts to it: your heart rate increases, your blood vessels narrow—and over time, these little blows can add up and do damage to your health, particularly your heart. With chronic stress, you’re more likely to have high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and poor sleep. Even other parts of your body – from your lungs to your gut – can take a hit. But while you ...

While low risk for heart disease, it’s not too early for young people to begin heart healthy habits. For the average twenty- or thirty-something, thoughts and concerns of heart disease, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure and other chronic cardiovascular conditions might be far from their daily thoughts. While heart disease, in its many forms, are the leading cause of death among men and women worldwide, more than 80 percent of heart disease-related deaths occur after age 65. People don’t have...

For more than 70 years, heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States, affecting millions each year and putting countless others at risk. It is also unique in the fact that many forms of heart disease are preventable by taking up and sticking to a heart-healthy lifestyle that can lower the risk of developing a condition later in life. And efforts to lower that risk can never be started too late or too early — adopting that heart-healthy lifestyle has real and impactful benefits ...

Though men and women experience heart attacks very differently, risk factors remain the same. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, though the symptoms of these potentially deadly attacks can present starkly different between the two. The classic symptoms that people are generally aware of, mainly seen in men, include chest pain/discomfort and pain in the shoulders, neck, or jaw. For women, though, a heart attack may present as shortness of breath and n...

Whether it’s from everyday deadlines, financial struggles, or the COVID-19 pandemic, stress shows up often in life. And your body reacts to it: your heart rate increases, your blood vessels narrow—and over time, these little blows can add up and do damage to your health, particularly your heart. With chronic stress, you’re more likely to have high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and poor sleep. Even other parts of your body – from your lungs to your gut – can take a hit. But while you ...

While low risk for heart disease, it’s not too early for young people to begin heart healthy habits. For the average twenty- or thirty-something, thoughts and concerns of heart disease, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure and other chronic cardiovascular conditions might be far from their daily thoughts. While heart disease, in its many forms, are the leading cause of death among men and women worldwide, more than 80 percent of heart disease-related deaths occur after age 65. People don’t have...

For more than 70 years, heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States, affecting millions each year and putting countless others at risk. It is also unique in the fact that many forms of heart disease are preventable by taking up and sticking to a heart-healthy lifestyle that can lower the risk of developing a condition later in life. And efforts to lower that risk can never be started too late or too early — adopting that heart-healthy lifestyle has real and impactful benefits ...

Though men and women experience heart attacks very differently, risk factors remain the same. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, though the symptoms of these potentially deadly attacks can present starkly different between the two. The classic symptoms that people are generally aware of, mainly seen in men, include chest pain/discomfort and pain in the shoulders, neck, or jaw. For women, though, a heart attack may present as shortness of breath and n...

McLaren Lapeer is pleased to welcome Dr. Michael DiGiovanni to family practice in Lapeer. For the past four years Dr. DiGiovanni has been practicing in Brown City and he is now welcoming patients in Lapeer. Dr. DiGiovanni grew up in a small town in Canada and when it came to establishing his practice, he knew a small town was where he wanted to be. Meet Dr. Michael DiGiovanni. Why did you choose this profession? I chose to practice family medicine because I knew from a young age that I had always wanted...