TopicsCardiac (Heart Disease)

Active Central Texas high school students ages 15-18 who participate in athletics, band, cheer leading or any other active pursuit can be screened for (HCM) using a limited non-invasive cardiac imaging technique called ECHO (echocardiogram).

Lemuel Bradshaw didn't let heart transplant surgery slow him down. Busy and active, GoodHealth.com caught up with Lemuel as he celebrated the eighth anniversary of his surgery.

Around this time every year, approximately a million Texas student athletes are preparing to practice or play for school teams, club teams or camp teams - and most require a pre-participation sports physical.

For some time, muscular fitness has been synonymous with weight machines or free weights, but that's no longer the case.

The American Heart Association released updated guidelines for women that included significant changes recently.

February is American Heart Month and a time when many of us think about improving our diets to prevent heart disease.

For some, especially those who have inherited tendencies toward high cholesterol and heart disease, drug therapy can be highly effective.

'Diet and exercise are only half of the equation,' says Jonathan Sheinberg, M.D., a cardiologist with Texas Cardiovascular Consultants, P.A.

Since the American Heart Association's latest dietary and lifestyle recommendations reduced the amount of saturated and trans-fats we should eat to seven percent or less, now is a good time to review.

New technologies offer advanced treatment for heart patients here in Central Texas. Find out more about one of them - Stereotaxis.

Nurses in SETON's Cardiology Center developed a Smoking Cessation Educational Packet to use when counseling smokers who need to quit.