Cardiologist Youssef Nasr, MD talks about a new remote monitoring system for patients who live with heart failure called the CardioMEMS Heart Failure (HF) System. The CardioMEMS HF System remotely monitors changes in a person’s pulmonary artery (PA) pressure, an early indicator of the onset of worsening heart failure.

1. Avoid smoking: Smoking tobacco and even exposure to second-hand smoke contribute to premature death from heart and lung disease, heart attack, and cancer. It is never too late to quit. When you stop smoking, the risk of heart disease decreases rapidly. After a few years, your risk is almost as low as if you had never smoked...

Bladder accidents are more common than you think. With more than 200 million people in the world suffering from involuntary bladder leakage every day, urinary incontinence is not something to be embarrassed about or a condition you must accept because of your age...

According to the National Institutes of Health, total joint replacement surgery “is one of the most cost-effective and successful interventions in medicine” with over a million people opting to undergo the procedure each year...