Hi, I’m Dr. Alexander Salerno and I’m here today to talk about women and heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men and women in this country. One-in-three African-American women die from heart disease versus one-in-thirty-three African-American women die from breast cancer. As a medical community, we’re doing a poorer job in recognizing, protecting and treating…
Social drinking is a social event, grabbing a drink at the end of a day or at the end of a week with a friend or a colleague. Whereas alcoholism is a manifestation of a disease and an illness. There’s a big difference between the two and now we’re here to discuss how do you determine which is which. So…
Hi, I’m Dr. Salerno. Did you know that #hearthealth is directly tied to your #waistline and what’s on your plate? #UHIP’s shares quick and easy tips to help prevent serious #heart problems in our latest #KnowledgeIsPower video! Watch it now & then share! #heathy #healthyheart #diet #exercise #heartdisease #prevention *NOTE*The information provided is for informational purposes only and is not…
Hi, I’m Dr. Salerno. Men and heart disease. We all know men make the worst patients for their philosophy is, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Clearly that’s a broken philosophy. in today’s 21st century. Men take better care of their cars than they do of their own health. Unfortunately, a car engine has a check engine light when…
Addiction comes in a lot of shapes, forms and substances. And today I’m going to talk about alcoholism, a legal drug with costly consequences. So let’s look into the numbers, the direct cost of alcoholism, annually, cost our society $225 billion dollars. Governments, local, regional, national, pick up nearly 50% of those costs, and these are just the direct costs….