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Happy New Year!  Welcome to Heart of the Matter for 2026 Our always popular Holiday Gala will be held during Heart Month, February, 2026    DJ Music by Extreme DJ Services Your choice of: Tuscan Chicken with Caper Sage Lemon Cream Sauce Filet of Salmon with Honey Chardonnay Sauce Butternut Squash Ravioli with Sage Cream sauce & Vegetables (vegetarian option) Also includes Pomegranate Salad, Dessert Table & Coffee and Tea The cost is $50 per person.  RSVP Forms are available at Mission Hospital Cardiac Rehab Center.  Alternately, print the form below to indicate your menu selections and number in your party.     

What you eat has a big impact on your heart health. Eating healthy can help you manage your weight, cholesterol and blood pressure. See the recent Heart of the Matter Newsletter for more information.

For patients with coronary heart disease combined with anxiety and depression, exercise may be a promising, flexible and easy-to-implement treatment option. Exercise can reduce anxiety and depression in patients without coronary heart disease as well as improve cardiac prognosis.

With lifespan, people are trying to add years to life. For healthspan, we are trying to add life to your years. We are trying to optimize the number of active, healthy and productive years that you enjoy. Lifespan refers to the total number of years a person lives, from birth to death. Healthspan is a concept that focuses on the number of those years that a person remains free of significant illness or disease.

Atrial fibrillation (AF), as the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide, is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Successful therapeutic strategies have been introduced so far, but they are associated with significant costs. Therefore, identification of modifiable risk factors of AF and the development of appropriate preventive strategies may play a substantial role in promoting community health and reducing health care system costs.

Losing five to 10 pounds can have a significant impact on your blood pressure, your risk of diabetes, your cholesterol level & more.”  Losing weight is often a natural byproduct of eating healthy, moving more & otherwise tending to your health. In this article Dr. Cho from the Cleveland Clinic reinforces focusing on lifestyle modification instead of dieting.