According to the American Heart Association, hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects more than 73 million people in the United States, but is widely undiagnosed and untreated. To help patients identify if they are at risk, Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) and the nation’s largest and most comprehensive [...]

Managing Your Mouth Helps Manage Your Heart, By: P. Piero D.D.S. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims the life of one American every 37 seconds according to the American Heart Association’s 2009 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. CVD includes an assortment of diseases that are often used (or misused) in reference to the general term “heart disease”. [...]