Healthy tips offered for hearts and diet

The Healthy Woman Ladies Night Out program on Feb. 28 focused on heart health and healthy eating. Leading off, Dr. Aimee Warren from the Kairin Clinic told how to “Give your ticker a tune up.” She said women get “overlooked” when it comes to heart disease, so she explained the many forms it takes, the causes, the symptoms, the risks, and what can be done to avoid them.

Heart disease is a broad term for the changes to the heart caused by high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, inactivity, and excessive use of alcohol and caffeine. Coronary heart disease affected 17.6 million Americans i...