Did You Know???

As American Heart Month winds down here are ten interesting facts related to heart health:

• “Men’s Health Magazine” has named San Jose, CA as the second healthiest city in America for men, with the lowest rate of mortality from heart disease for 2013.
• Eating salmon twice a week can lower by one third the risk of a heart attack.
• Women are more likely to suffer “broken heart” syndrome due to stress/grief.
• The longer a man’s ring finger, the lower his risk for heart attack.
• More heart attacks occur on Monday mornings than any other day of the week.
• Married men and women are at a lower risk for myocardial infarction than singles.
• Each minute of brisk walking increases lifespan by almost two minutes.
• A horse’s heart rate will mirror that of the person petting/riding them.
• The first open heart surgery was performed  in 1893 and the first successful heart transplant in 1967.
• Two thirds of patients receiving therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest  recover good heart function.

Are you interested in work with a “heart”?  If you are a PT , OT,  SLP, NP or RN  contact the Centra Team today at 800 535 0076.