5 Healthy Habits for Black Americans Living With Heart Failure

Certain healthy habits may help manage and slow the progression of heart failure. A healthy lifestyle may also help reduce heart failure symptoms in your everyday life. In this video, learn the recommended healthy habits for people with heart failure from Pilar Stevens-Haynes, MD, Cardiologist at South Nassau Community Hospital in Oceanside, New York, and David Anstey, MD, MPH, Cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.  

You can read more here about living with and managing heart failure here.

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Marisa Taylor Karas

Marisa Taylor Karas is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn who has covered health, gender, and technology for 15 years. She previously worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Al Jazeera America, among other publications, and also served as managing editor of the Mellon Foundation in New York City.

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Sarah Gupta, MD, is a licensed physician with a special interest in mental health, sex and gender, eating disorders, and the human microbiome. She is currently board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

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