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National Heart Month: Four Easy Ways to Show Your Heart Some Love
February 01, 2024By D. Jeff Neal, DO, Interventional Cardiologist, FryeCare Cardiology The heart is an amazing muscle. Each day, your heart pumps over 2,000 gallons of blood, circulating oxygen through the 60,000 miles of blood vessels in your body. With so much riding on the muscle, it’s no surprise that heart diseases are the #1 cause of death in America – if your heart…
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Planning a Healthy New Year in 2024
January 03, 2024By Quiana Duncan, DNP, FNP-C, FryeCare Lincolnton Medical Group Each January, thousands of Americans flock to local gyms and supermarkets, determined to make good on resolutions to exercise more, eat better, and live healthier lives. By February, many of these goals have fallen by the wayside. New Year’s resolutions are very popular in the U.S., but some studies…
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Immunization Awareness Month: COVID-19 and Beyond
August 23, 2023by Arjun Ohri, MD, FryeCare Hickory Family Practice Associates On May 11, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services announced an end to the public health emergency brought on by COVID-19. [1] Since the peak of the Omicron variant in January 2022, COVID-19 cases have declined rapidly. Though the disease still poses a health risk to many Americans, COVID-19 death…
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National Heart Month: Four Easy Ways to Show Your Heart Some Love
February 01, 2023By John Morrison, MD, Cardiologist, FryeCare Cardiology We often associate the month of February with hearts because of Valentine’s Day. However, there is another reason we should think of hearts in February – it’s American Heart Month, a designated time to advocate for cardiovascular health and raise awareness about heart disease. According to the…
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‘Tis the Season to be Healthy: Maintaining Your Physical and Mental Well-Being During the Holidays
December 07, 2022By Arjun Ohri, MD, Internal Medicine Physician, FryeCare Hickory Family Practice Associates The holiday season is finally here, ringing with the joy of visiting family and friends, attending festive parties, exchanging gifts, sharing delicious meals, and giving back to charitable causes. It’s “the most wonderful time of the year” as they say.…
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Healthy Back-to-School Habits: Preparing for a Successful School Year
August 09, 2022HICKORY, NC (August 9, 2022) – As summer break comes to an end, there’s a lot to accomplish in preparation for the new school year. The two most important things to do may seem fairly routine, but that doesn’t make them any less of a priority: schedule annual physicals for you and your family and get up to date on immunizations. Routine…
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Summertime Safety: How to Keep Cool and Healthy All Summer Long
July 06, 2022by Nick Slager, FNP School’s out and that means one thing: summer is officially here! As the days grow longer and brighter, many of us will be taking full advantage of summer, whether its enjoying backyard barbeques, lazy days by the pool or even the occasional fireworks display. No matter how you choose to enjoy your summer, it’s important to stay alert and…
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How Healthy is Your Heart?
February 08, 2022How Healthy is Your Heart? By Srinivas Mikkilineni, MD, Cardiologist Your heart is one of the hardest working parts of your body. It’s also one of the most threatened. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. – about one in four deaths.…
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A Lung Scan Can Be a Lifesaver
November 01, 2021A Lung Scan Can Be a Lifesaver By Lakshmi Kallur, MD, Pulmonologist, FryeCare Lung Center If you are a smoker or a former smoker, and between the ages of 50 and 80, you may qualify or be eligible for a lung cancer screening exam. It’s an exam that could be a lifesaver. According to the American Lung Association, lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in…
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Get Your Mammogram: It’s an Hour That Could Save Your Life
August 14, 2021Get Your Mammogram: It’s an Hour That Could Save Your Life By Jamie Fultz, DO, Obstetrician & Gynecologist, FryeCare Women’s Services According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S., behind only skin cancers. In fact, the ACS puts the average risk as a one in eight chance that a woman will…
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