Heart to Heart Winter/Spring 2024 January 18, 2024 This issue of Samaritan Health Services’ Heart to Heart magazine features a Yachats man’s story about being diagnosed with congestive heart failure and how he implemented diet and exercise to better his health. There are also stories about a cardiologist and how his dedication helped build the heart and vascular program at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, how scholarships from Samaritan Foundations are helping recipients work towards medical degrees and how the InterCommunity Health Network Coordinated Care Organization’s Delivery System Transformation Committee worked with Family Tree Relief to pilot a program that expanded access to culturally responsive peer services in the region. Read about Samaritan Heart Center improving programs and care when it comes to heart failure and the link between mental and physical health. Discover a recipe for a delicious heart-healthy Mediterranean bowl – perfect for the winter weather – and how important it is to include enough magnesium in your diet. Learn what Samaritan researchers discovered about using mindfulness to treat chronic pain and how you can start your own meditation practice. Find out how thoughts and emotions can impact your health and why anxiety stresses the heart. Gain tips on how to prepare for respiratory virus season, be proactive when it comes to menopause symptoms, talk to kids about death, dying and grief, come up with fun ideas for your SMART fitness goals, get a better night’s sleep the natural way and how you can save time with MyChart self-service. Finally, mark your calendar for Thursday, Feb. 1, and join Samaritan Heart Center Fellow Aleksander Hansen, DO, for a free webinar on heart-healthy living. Register at samhealth.org/BeHealthy. Heart to Heart is your local guide to good health from Samaritan Health Services. Read inspiring stories and get ideas on how you can be part of building healthier communities together.
