Heart

Daily steps to keep your heart healthy

Posted onJuly 29, 2019August 20, 2019AuthorSpotlightBryan

Heart disease is a formidable foe. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease accounts for nearly 25 percent of all deaths in the United States each year. Issues relating to the heart affect both men and women, and an estimated 15 million adults in the U.S. have coronary heart disease, the most common type of heart disease. And heart disease is not exclusive to the United States, as the Heart Research Institute Read More …

Health First Turns Citizens Into Superheroes at CPR Day

Posted onJune 15, 2016AuthorSpotlightBryan

With the theme of “Be a Superhero, Learn to Save a Life,” Health First CPR Day turned 5,000 regular citizens into rescuers to aid a victim until professional help arrives. Held on June 4 at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Health First made learning CPR easy with a guided class led by the trained Health First staff and volunteers, emergency medical professionals and physicians and mannequins lined on the baseball field. Participants of all ages Read More …