It’s a SAD time of year

Less daylight during the fall and winter causes depression in some people. Don’t brush off that yearly feeling as simply a case of the “winter blues” or a seasonal funk that you have to tough out on your own — you may have seasonal affective disorder.

Seasonal affective disorder (also called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year.

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February is American Heart Month

Heart Disease is the Number One Cause
of Death
About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability. The most common heart disease in the United States is coronary heart disease, which often appears as a heart attack. In 2010, an estimated 785,000 Americans had a new coronary attack, and about 470,000 had a recurrent attack. About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one.

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