Seafood is truly one of the best foods you can eat for your heart and surprisingly easy to make.

February is the time to show some love – to your heart, that is. Since last month was American Heart Month and Valentine’s time, it seems an appropriate time to focus on the top ways you can love your heart. Taking care of your heart is not a complicated matter, it entails simply establishing a few steps and sticking with them.

As many women know, making healthcare decisions is seldom about your own health – you’re generally taking care of someone else’s needs.

Grandchildren are a joy. Everyone should have one. Being a grandparent allows us to relive the little milestones of our grandchildren that we experienced as parents, from their first word, first step and even their first tooth.

Eat more fruits and vegetables and you’ll “produce” a healthy heart. Good for your heart nutrients such as fiber, potassium, folate, vitamin B6, vitamin C and antioxidants are plentiful in fruits and vegetables and all help promote heart health.

Last Friday, along with more than 100 other women from our community, I attended the “Go Red for Women” luncheon sponsored by the Lee’s Summit Medical Center, held at Longview Mansion.

When a federal task force late last year announced its new breast cancer screening guidelines, women in Lee’s Summit and around the nation were left wondering what to do.

Yes, you’ve made it through the toughest month of the year. You’ve fought yourself and your past habits, formed new ones and have continued eating right and exercising. You even fought for a parking spot at the ever so popular gym and you are continuing to go. The results after the first month plus? You lost some pounds, some inches and gained the desire to keep going.

Quality of life.

Formed in 2007, the Palliative Care Team at Saint Luke’s East–Lee’s Summit is a robust, multidisciplinary group comprised of approximately 50 staff members, both clinical and non-clinical who provide comfort and support for the dying and their families.

A new online tool is now available to assist Missourians in reducing their risk of heart disease and other conditions associated with high blood pressure.

At its Jan. 28 annual board of directors meeting, the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City elected its 2010 board officers and elected seven new members to its board of directors.

The winter blahs. Most of us have them for a spell at some point during the harsh winter months of December, January, February and sometimes even March.

Making sensible nutritious choices can be difficult. With the wide selection and abundance of manufacture claims, it’s no wonder we have an overwhelming time trying to choose the most nutritious choice possible.

The Greater Lee’s Summit Healthcare Foundation is has announced the opening of the 2010 scholarship cycle.