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High Blood Pressure and Stroke: 8 Facts You Should Know

If you have high blood pressure, you’re at increased risk for a potentially debilitating or lethal stroke. As part of Stroke Awareness and High Blood Pressure Awareness Month, we present eight facts about stroke to help you make the changes you need.

May 1st, 2026

Get Rid of Varicose Veins in Time for Swimsuit Season: A Closer Look at 3 Non-Surgical Treatment Opt

Varicose veins don’t do you any favors. Not only do they mar the look of your legs and make you embarrassed during swimsuit season, they’re dysfunctional, too. Here’s how to get rid of them, without surgery.

May 1st, 2026

Can Healthy Lifestyle Changes Cure Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

One of the worst things about being diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is having to wear a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. Can’t you just cure your own OSA with lifestyle changes? Better habits can improve your sleep.

Apr 7th, 2026

I’m Nervous About My Stress Test: What Can I Expect?

Your doctor recommended that you undergo a stress test to evaluate your heart health. But the idea of a stress test makes you stressed! What’s going to happen? Will the test results give you bad news? Does a stress test hurt? Here’s what to expect.

Apr 1st, 2026

What's That Flutter? Understanding and Managing Atrial Fibrillation

When your heart skips a beat or flutters, you may wonder and worry about what’s going on. An occasional palpitation or flutter might be perfectly normal, but it could also be a sign of atrial fibrillation (AFib). Here’s how to keep your heart safe.

Mar 2nd, 2026

Spring Forward: Safely Increasing Your Activity Levels for a Healthier Heart

You know you have to be more active, build muscle, lose weight, and increase your health. But if you’ve been inactive for a while or have heart disease, sudden exertion can be dangerous. Here’s how to spring forward in your health … safely.

Mar 1st, 2026

Why Heart Screenings Matter: A Cardiologist’s Guide for American Heart Month

February is American Heart Month. Whether you’re about to embark on a new exercise program, you have a family history of cardiovascular disease, or you’re worried about your heart, find out which screenings you might benefit from, and why.

Feb 23rd, 2026

What It Means to Live Well with Heart Failure

When you learn that you have heart failure, you may feel like your life is over. Will you have to give up your favorite activities? Will you always be short of breath? Are you always in danger? You can still live well, even with heart failure.

Feb 12th, 2026

When to Worry About Leg Swelling: What It Could Say About Your Heart Health

When your legs swell, you may feel uncomfortable and avoid travel. But leg edema isn’t just an inconvenience or minor malady. In some instances, swollen legs are a sign of heart failure. Here’s what to do if your legs swell regularly.

Jan 14th, 2026

Cold Weather, Warm Heart: How to Protect Yourself from Winter Heart Risks

While your heart may feel aglow with holiday love and the start of a new year, cold winter months can put a strain on this life-sustaining muscle. If your heart loses heat, the strain increases. Here’s how to keep your heart both warm and safe.

Jan 13th, 2026

Healthy Holidays: Simple Ways to Keep Your Blood Pressure Under Control

Aunt Ethel. Your Dad. Your step-siblings. Your kids! Your boss, the holiday parties, the travel, the plans, the expense of it all! The overwhelm! How can you keep your blood pressure under control when you’re under so much holiday stress?

Dec 9th, 2025

Don't Miss a Beat: The Importance of Year-End Cardiology Check-ups

There’s a reason why you see heart attacks depicted on TV and movies so often: It’s the leading cause of death in the United States. Even younger people can die of cardiovascular disease. A cardiology check-up helps you beat the odds.

Dec 9th, 2025

Living with Diabetes: 6 Strategies to Keep Your Heart Healthy

Diabetes can affect more than your blood-glucose levels. Chronically high blood sugar can damage your veins, arteries, and your organs — including your heart. As part of National Diabetes Month, learn how to keep your heart healthy despite diabetes.

Nov 10th, 2025

Navigating Holiday Stress / 5 Tips to Protect Your Heart

Ah, the holidays! Time for family, friends … and a whole lot of stress. If you have cardiovascular disease, that extra stress could put your heart at risk. Give yourself the gift of de-stressing for the holidays.

Nov 6th, 2025

A Closer Look at How Sleep Apnea Causes High Blood Pressure

You snore and suspect that you have sleep apnea, but you don’t want to bother with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. However, untreated sleep apnea can lead to high blood pressure (HBP) and other serious conditions. Here’s how.

Oct 3rd, 2025

5 Reasons We May Recommend a Stress Test

A stress test measures how efficiently and well your heart and arteries work when your body’s under stress due to exercise or medication. In the right circumstances, a stress test may save your life. The following are five reasons you may need one.

Oct 3rd, 2025

Recognizing the Signs of PAD (pegged to PAD Awareness Month)

Nothing’s worse than a "silent killer.” Like a trained assassin that strikes you down without a warning, symptomless medical conditions stalk without leaving a clue. Learn about peripheral artery disease (PAD) — before you become its victim.

Sep 25th, 2025

5 Top Risk Factors for PAD

You feel healthy. You don’t have any cardiovascular symptoms, so you’re OK, right? But peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a “silent killer” that often has no telltale symptoms. If you’re at increased risk for PAD, here’s how to know and what to do.

Sep 4th, 2025

Is It Safe to Travel on a Long-Haul Flight with Painful Varicose Veins?

Having any kind of chronic health condition, even if it’s “just” varicose veins, can be a significant concern. When you fly, do your varicose veins put you at risk for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and other blood clots? Is it safe?

Aug 10th, 2025

Beyond CPAP: Lifestyle Changes That Help Improve OSA

If you have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the treatment is straightforward: improve your nighttime breathing and oxygen levels with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. You can also help your OSA with lifestyle adjustments.

Aug 10th, 2025

Subtle Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

A heart attack occurs when your heart doesn’t get enough oxygen. While heart attacks seem dramatic on TV, they’re often so subtle that you don’t even know they’re happening — especially if you’re a woman. Here are subtle signs to watch for.

Jul 14th, 2025

4 Early Signs of Heart Failure

If your heart is failing, you should know sooner rather than later. The more you ignore signs of heart failure, the less likely you are to recover. Pay attention to the signals your heart sends. Here’s how your heart lets you know it’s in trouble.

Jul 14th, 2025

When to Worry About Hypertension

Hypertension (aka high blood pressure) is a silent killer that can bring you down without warning. Does that mean you’re a ticking time bomb? Should you worry about hypertension, or does that raise your blood pressure ? Don’t worry: Get the facts.

Jun 1st, 2025

Underlying Health Problems That Cause Varicose Veins

You’re relieved to find out that your body doesn’t need your varicose veins, because you don’t want them, either. When you remove damaged veins, you improve your circulation. But you should also address the underlying problem that caused them.

Jun 1st, 2025

Is Chest Pain Always Serious?

Is chest pain always serious? It could be. Dismissing chest pain because you think it’s just heartburn or another benign condition literally risks your life. Your cardiologist gets to the root of your chest pain so you can relax … or take action.

May 5th, 2025

What an Echocardiogram Can Reveal About Your Health

When you’re scheduled for surgery or are about to embark on a new, intensive exercise regimen, your doctor may recommend an echocardiogram. Why? You don’t have cardiac symptoms. What can an “echo” tell your doctor about your overall health?

May 1st, 2025

5 Foods to Eat for a Healthier Heart

When you read about a heart-healthy diet, it sounds so … grim. Do you really have to give up all your favorite snacks and meals? You may, but what you replace them with can quickly become new favorites, both for your taste buds and your heart.

Apr 7th, 2025

Why Is Sleep Apnea Dangerous?

What’s the big deal about sleep apnea? Isn't it just really bad snoring? If you have sleep apnea, you literally stop breathing for many seconds at a time, many times a night. The consequences can be deadly.

Apr 7th, 2025

Who Should Have a Stress Test and How Often? 

Mammograms and Pap smears for women. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests for men. Skin-cancer screenings for all. Should you also add a stress test? Stress tests help your doctor evaluate your heart health. Find out when you need one.

Mar 2nd, 2025

How to Protect Your Heart When You Have Prediabetes

When your doctor says that you have prediabetes and aren’t yet diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you might think you’re in the clear. But your elevated blood glucose levels still raise your risk for heart attack and stroke. Here’s what to do.

Mar 1st, 2025

Early Warning Signs of a Heart Attack

In movies and TV, a character clutches their chest in pain to show they’re having a heart attack. In real life, the symptoms may be more subtle. Know the early signs of a heart attack so you can get help in time.

Feb 11th, 2025

How Being Underweight or Overweight Can Endanger Your Heart

Hearts abound in February, as we celebrate Valentine’s Day. But the most important heart to cherish is the one in your chest. Here’s how and why the best Valentine is a heart-healthy weight.

Feb 6th, 2025

What an Echocardiogram Can Reveal About Your Heart

Your cardiologist orders an echocardiogram. You’re more than a little bit nervous. What happens when you get an echocardiogram (aka an “echo”)? What does it reveal about your heart health? Does it mean you had — or will have — a heart attack?

Jan 20th, 2025

Should I Be Worried About Heart Palpitations?

Your heart skips a beat. Or two. You’re not in the thrall of new love, so you wonder what’s going on. Are heart palpitations normal? Or are they a sign that something’s wrong with your heart?

Dec 17th, 2024

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Chest Pain

Chest pain isn't something to ignore. Not only should you seek medical attention right away, but it's crucial to follow up with a heart specialist to receive crucial management of the underlying issue.

Dec 13th, 2024

What is Cardiac Amyloidosis?

Information on cardiac amyloidosis and why Dr. Ola Akinboboye is the right Cardiologist for you.

Sep 17th, 2020

GREETING

Happy Mothers day!!!! From: Laurelton Heart

May 9th, 2020

Telehealth: The Advantages of Telemedicine

Struggles to get to the clinic? Trying to reduce your exposure to COVID-19, as well as other contagious illnesses, and still need to see your doctor? Telehealth is safe and easy — receive quality care from anywhere.

Dec 2nd, 2024

COVID 19

Dear patients due to COVID 19 always remember to wash your hands for 20 seconds( singing happy birthday song) , wear your mask or any face covering at all times while out doors. REMEMBER to stay 6ft apart when in large group setting. STAY SAFE

May 1st, 2020