Heart Healthy Habits with Dr. Ataul Qureshi

<p style="background: white;"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">February is American Heart Month.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <span style= "background: white;">Why do we observe American Heart Month every February? Well, every year more than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease. The number one cause of deaths for most groups, heart disease affects all ages, genders, and ethnicities. Risk factors include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, and excessive alcohol use.</span></span></p> <p style="background: white;"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"> This year’s Heart Month theme is <strong>Take up a Heart Healthy Habit</strong>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> You can pick a new heart healthy habit like jogging or substituting sodas with water and try to stick to it for a whole month. But I would like to challenge you to a very important heart health habit:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Understand your medication and take it as prescribed.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Did you know that nationally only 30% of patients take their blood pressure medications correctly?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p> <p style="background: white;"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"> If you struggle with taking your medication correctly, let us help you manage your medication refills and pack them in individual dose packs to help you follow one of the most important health habits – taking your medication correctly!</span><span style= "color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p> <p><span class="apple-style-span"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> We’d like to rem