For Women, Heart Attacks Are Often Subtle
A heart attack — when blood doesn’t reach part of the heart muscle — is a medical emergency for everyone, but the symptoms that women experience can be easy to ignore.
Men often experience the classic sign of a heart attack — crushing chest pain. But some women may not. Their symptoms, such as nausea, shortness of breath and back or jaw pain, tend to be misdiagnosed — until it’s too late, according to the American Heart Association. Women also tend to fare worse after a heart attack, though researchers aren’t sure why.
Take Heart
Your gender doesn’t determine your destiny. Experts say that 80% of cardiovascular diseases — which include heart attacks — are preventable. You can take good care of your heart by:
- Not smoking
- Managing your weight
- Exercising regularly
- Eating a healthy diet that’s low in saturated fat, trans fat and sodium
- Controlling blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar
Safer Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery
Columbus Regional Health now offers transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a noninvasive procedure to replace a diseased aortic valve. Talk with your provider or cardiologist to see whether this procedure is right for you. Learn more.
CRH News
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Final Two CRH Practices Move to NexusPark
Apr 18, 2024, 12:36 PM by DeClue, A.CRH at NexusPark officially opened in late January, and more than 15 provider practices and services have relocated to the space in the first quarter of 2024.Full story -
Wound Center Receives National Awards
Apr 3, 2024, 15:21 PM by DeClue, A.The Wound Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including a patient satisfaction rate higher than 92 percentFull story -
CRH conducting independent public health survey
Mar 26, 2024, 12:41 PM by DeClue, A.Columbus Regional Health is conducting a Health Status Survey by telephone and online from March through May.Full story -
Columbus Regional Health offers new online health portal for expectant parents
Mar 25, 2024, 14:21 PM by DeClue, A.With CRH’s new My Pregnancy Journey, patients can use their computers or mobile devices to review digital prenatal education from a trusted source and track important decisions and tasks that need to happen at specific pregnancy milestones.Full story -
Additional Medical Practices Move to NexusPark
Mar 25, 2024, 11:24 AM by DeClue, A.More practices and services relocate to NexusPark facility.Full story -
Eclipse office hours for CRH-affiliated services
Mar 21, 2024, 14:01 PM by Laker, J.Office hours for CRH-affiliated practices and service lines for the April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse.Full story