Achieving heart health requires one of two things—making healthier lifestyle changes and keeping up with heart-healthy habits once we’ve adopted them. Making healthy lifestyle changes and sticking to them is the key to improving heart health, preventing heart disease, or managing heart disease if you already have it. But switching from unhealthy habits to healthy…

Sometimes, uncontrollable or hard-to-control health factors can contribute to the development of heart disease, like: Genetic predisposition Viral infections Necessary medical treatment, including chemotherapy Other, more controllable risk factors for developing heart disease can include: High blood pressure High cholesterol Diabetes Obesity Drug and alcohol consumption Tobacco use If you are at an uncontrollable risk…

A heart attack occurs when a blood clot or other blockage forms in a coronary artery and suddenly stops blood flow to the heart. Your heart depends on a continuous flow of oxygen-rich blood to function properly. When it does not receive oxygen, even for a short period, your heart tissue will begin to die.…

The choices we make throughout the day can significantly affect our heart health. And no one knows that truth better than the heart doctors at Middle Georgia Heart. We see firsthand how even small decisions can impact the heart and the body as a whole. Discover four healthy habits that our cardiologists not only promote,…