High blood pressure and high cholesterol don't announce themselves. Most people walking around with either have no idea - until something goes wrong. That's the part that makes heart health so easy to put off and so important not to.
In Phoenix, Nicole Henry watches the same pattern play out at pharmacies in her community. The retired patient who came in confused one afternoon - not recognizing her after years of conversations - turned out to be actively having a stroke. The man who walked in with chest pain and trouble breathing left in an ambulance, later returning to thank her. Neither knew they had a heart condition before that moment.
Nicole joins Dr. Jake Goodman to break down what heart health actually means day to day - how blood pressure medications work, why statins are typically taken at night, what the difference is between a heart attack and a stroke, and what questions you should be bringing to your next doctor's appointment even if you feel completely fine.
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