Month: February 2017

“An additional four years of education lowers five-year mortality by 1.8 percentage points; it also reduces the risk of heart disease by 2.16 percentage points: and the risk of diabetes…

Did you know about 2,200 Americans die each day from cardiovascular (heart and  blood vessels) diseases?  That’s about one every 40 seconds.  Shockingly, cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than all…

After going back home for the Holidays, I asked myself who needs love? The thought wasn’t prompted by a bad breakup or an episode of reality TV but the frustration…

WHO Definition of Health Equity Equity is the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically. Health inequities therefore involve more…

February is Heart Month and the CBHC will be sharing some tips this month on taking care of your heart. This first article is about the heart benefits of physical…