February is American Heart Month, a time to focus on and spread awareness about heart disease. The United States, and the Appalachian region in particular, has a troublesome rate of heart disease, which is the number one killer of men and women in the United States. In many cases, heart disease is preventable, and adopting
Individuals diagnosed with heart disease or who have undergone heart surgery may be candidates for the Cardiac Rehabilitation program at Pikeville Medical Center. Cardiac Rehabilitation offers lifestyle monitoring and fitness programs to help restore a patient’s heart to maximum efficiency. Cardiac rehab programs are designed to help heart patients incorporate changes into their daily routines,
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) has entered into a collaborative agreement with Community Economic Development and Revitalization, better known throughout the region as CEDAR, to develop a new “Healthcare Careers Education Program” within the Healthy Communities Pillar of the SOAR Blueprint. For the first 27 years of its existence, the CEDAR Fair was primarily focused on
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common heart arrhythmia, impacting more than 5.1 million people in the United States. AFib is defined as an abnormal heart rhythm originating from the top chamber of the heart called the atrium. With this condition, the top chambers of the heart quiver or “fibrillate”, hence the name, Atrial Fibrillation.
