DDS heart health
May 23, 2012
DISCOUNT Drug Stores is
implementing a new How Old Are
You At Heart screening program.
Designed to uncover “the actual
age of a patient’s heart”, the
program assesses patients
immediate and ten year risk of
falling victim to cardiovascular
disease.
“The problem with cardiovascular
disease is there are very few
warning signs, meaning it’s difficult
for patients to know that there may
be a problem,” said pharmacist and
Discount Drug Stores’ Professional
Services Manager, Casey Clark.
“That’s where our unique
preventative programme comes in,”
Clark added.
According to Clark the in-store
test helps patients to see how their
lifestyles are affecting their heart,
and it will also give them insight
into how significantly these choices
will affect them in the future if they
do not make changes now.
To determine heart age, the test
looks at the patient’s age, gender,
weight and blood pressure and
compares it to a person of the
same age and gender who is in
‘normal’ health (defined as a non
smoker, non diabetic, and who
does not take blood pressure meds).
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