Heart Healthy e-Newsletter

Living with heart disease isn’t easy, but UMass Memorial Health Care can help. On the Beat delivers heart news and tips to help keep you healthy and well. You'll get the latest lifestyle tips, exercise ideas and heart-healthy recipes delivered to your inbox every other month. 

On the Beat

• April 2018: Crab Cakes; Our Limb Preservation Team (diabetes and heart health)
• February 2018: Find Out Your Heart Health Risk
• December 2017: Dance Like a Star for Heart Health; Dine Out the Healthy Way; Apple Cinnamon
• October 2017: Track to Keep Your Heart Healthy; 8 Mistakes Heart Patients Make; Chicken Cacciatore
• August 2017: Reducing Hospitalizations Due to Heart Failure; Afib-Reducing Stroke Without Anticoagulants; Quit Smoking; Turkey Quinoa Chili with Sweet Potatoes
• June 2017: Hands-only CPR; Burn Calories Without Exercise; Eggplant Chili
• April 2017: Heart Walk; Spring Seminars; Brazilian Chic Salad
• February 2017: Fighting Heart Disease in Women; A Christmas Miracle; Follow Us on Pinterest; Tuscan Salad
• September 2016: Free Educational Programs; Patient Shares Lifesaving Story; Super Simple Tomatoe Salad Recipe
• July 2016: Salt Is Breaking My Heart; Stem Cells Repairing Scar Tissue; Communication with Your Providers; Avocado and Grilled Salmon Salad
• May 2016: Alternative to Warfarin; 8 Mistakes Heart Patients Make; 5 Things to Know About Stroke; Stuffed Peppers
• February 2016: Recognizing Heart Attack Symptoms (must-see video); New Heart Failure Monitoring System; Sex and Heart Disease

Archives: Pressure Points (high blood pressure topics)

• August 2015: Benefits of Nuts and Medication Mix-ups
• June 2015: Kids and High Blood Pressure
• April 2015: Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
• September 2014: One Tool to Assist in Blood Pressure Management
• June 2014: Stroke and High Blood Pressure
• March 2014: Nutrition Can Improve High Blood Pressure
• January 2014: Measuring Blood Pressure at Home
• December 2013: The Gift of Blood Pressure Control
• October 2013: Cholesterol: What is it?
• June 2013: Medications Can Reduce Blood Pressure
• May 2013: Live Healthier with Less Salt
• February 2013: An Interview with a Hypertension Expert
• December 2012: Reducing Holiday Stress
• October 2012: Lifestyle Changes Can Reduce Blood Pressure
• August 2012: Smart Phone Apps for Healthy Living
• June 2012: Sticking to Lifestyle Changes
• April 2012: Stress Affects Your Blood Pressure
• March 2012: Protecting Your Heart With the Food You Eat
• February 2012: Improving Blood Pressure with Your Dinner Plate
• January 2012: Monitoring Blood Pressure
• December 2011: Nutrition Can Improve High Blood Pressure
• November 2011: Understanding Blood Pressure
• October 2011: Dining Out with Hypertension
• August/September 2011: An Interview with a Hypertension Expert
• July 2011: Answers to Your Questions about High Blood Pressure
• June 2011: Blood Pressure and Stroke Risk: What Does it Mean For You?
• May 2011: Can You Read a Nutrition Label?
• April: 2011: Improving Control of Your High Blood Pressure – Step Four
• March 2011: Improving Control of Your High Blood Pressure – Step Three
• February 2011: Improving Control of Your Blood Pressure – Step Two