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February is American Heart Month.  Why do we observe American Heart Month every February? Well, every year more than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease. The number one cause of deaths for most groups, heart disease affects all ages, genders, and ethnicities. Risk factors include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, and excessive alcohol use.

This year’s Heart Month theme is Take up a Heart Healthy Habit.  You can pick a new heart healthy habit like jogging or substituting sodas with water and try to stick to it for a whole month. But I would like to challenge you to a very important heart health habit:  Understand your medication and take it as prescribed.  Did you know that nationally only 30% of patients take their blood pressure medications correctly? 

If you struggle with taking your medication correctly, let us help you manage your medication refills and pack them in individual dose packs to help you follow one of the most important health habits – taking your medication correctly! 

We’d like to remind our listeners that today’s program is also available on our podcast which can be downloaded from the app store on your mobile phone. Look for Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy and you can listen to any of our programs, anytime.

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It’s hard to consider a “Top 10” list and not think of David Letterman.  Did you know his first “Top 10 list” was on his show on September 18, 1985, and that very first top 10 list was “The top ten words that almost rhyme with peas.”  There is of course a top ten list of David Letterman’s best top 10 lists which includes favorites like “the Top 10 ways the country would be different if Britney Spears was president.” 

Today we are going to talk about our Top 10 tips to help each of you stay healthy, to live your best life, and accomplish all those things that bring you joy.  I’m not sure our list would have ever made it to the David Letterman show, but we know we can help you save money and be healthy. 

We’d like to remind our listeners that today’s program is also available on our podcast in your favorite podcast app. Look for Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy and please subscribe!

https://www.medshoprx.com