This Stroke Risk Factor Hides in Your Heart
APR 26, 2024Could you be walking around with a tiny hole in your heart and not know it? That’s the case for one in four people, due to an anatomic condition.
Read MoreFor the past month, many of us have found ourselves mesmerized by the images coming out of Haiti. We’ve sent donations, we’ve collected supplies – but, for a group of Alegent Health workers, that just wasn’t enough.
Seventeen of our own – all nurses and other staff from CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy and Mercy Hospitals – volunteered their time and energy to fly south and care for victims along the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
This is one of their stories.
We know help for Haiti is coming from all across our community. What have you and your family done to help?
Could you be walking around with a tiny hole in your heart and not know it? That’s the case for one in four people, due to an anatomic condition.
Read MoreA healthy lifestyle is very important to protect the electrical system of the heart. Once it gets damaged, the heart may have little ability to recover.
Read MoreHeart disease is the number one cause of death for women and men, claiming more lives than all forms of cancer combined.
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