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How Overworking Hurts Your Heart

How Overworking Hurts Your Heart Consistently logging long hours at work can leave you stressed and fatigued, but there’s a potential consequence that may not be readily apparent — a higher risk of heart-related complications. Your heart is no stranger to hard work —...

Diabetes and the Flu can be a Dangerous Combination

Diabetes and the Flu can be a Dangerous Combination November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and Forrest City Medical Center wants people to stay on track with their care during the COVID-19 pandemic and start of the flu season. “We’ve seen how avoiding the doctor and...

Sepsis: An Unrecognized Risk

Sepsis: An Unrecognized Risk Sepsis affects 1.7 million people in the U.S. annually, but Americans still know less about this potentially life-threatening illness than they do about rare diseases, such as Ebola and malaria. Sepsis occurs when an overwhelming response...

Steps to Improve Heart Health

Steps to Improve Heart Health Heart disease, including coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke, remains the leading cause of death in the United States. The disease kills more than one million people annually- that’s an average of one death every 38 seconds,...