Regardless, Benner urges people to start paying attention to their health no matter how old or young you may be.Copyright 2025 WCSC. All rights reserved.The month of February is recognized as American Heart Month, dedicated to spreading awareness about heart disease risk factors and prevention. He anyone who has any family history of heart disease […]
Regardless, Benner urges people to start paying attention to their health no matter how old or young you may be.Copyright 2025 WCSC. All rights reserved.The month of February is recognized as American Heart Month, dedicated to spreading awareness about heart disease risk factors and prevention. He anyone who has any family history of heart disease or heart attack should get with their primary care provider as soon as they can to start checking. He says they went from treating an average of 15 hearts a month to now over 20 a month.Some healthy and preventative measures people can start immediately include watching their diet, limiting their consumption of red meat and stopping or avoiding smoking.Benner says that the sooner doctors catch heart disease, the easier it is to intervene.Cardiovascular surgeon Dr. James Benner at Trident says that in the last year they have seen what he calls “an explosion” in the volume of heart disease cases.Benner says he has also seen some of the best results with increased exercise. There are fortunately many treatments available for heart diseases such as medications, surgeries and stints. Not only has the number of cases increased, but they are also seeing more young patients than they are used to. NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, so one health care professionals at Trident Medical Center are pushing for people to prevent illness or catch it early.
