It's February and time once again to celebrate National Heart Month. Not only is it the season of love but also a time to learn about the dangers of heart disease. Here are some educational tips to help you celebrate National Heart Month.

• Being heart smart means knowing your cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Your blood pressure, waist size and body mass index are also major factors in determining your heart health. If you haven't had a check up with your personal physician in a while, now would be a good time to schedule an appointment.
• Smoking is a definitely a factor when determining the health of your heart. Studies have shown that smoking can not only cause respiratory problems and lung cancer, it's also a major cause of heart disease. If you smoke, whether it's habitually or socially, you may want to use National Heart Month as a reason to quit.
• Exercise, along with healthy eating are probably the two most important things you can do for your heart. Even if you start with a brisk walk every morning or evening and make efforts to reduce sugar and fat from your diet, you'll be well on your way to a healthier you.
• Stress is also a major factor.  It's almost impossible to eliminate all stress from our lives. However, stress has been shown as being the root cause of so many ailments that affect us today. Whether you pray or meditate, read or write...you need to find an outlet to help reduce your stress levels.

Little River Healthcare System’s focus is on the community.  We are blessed with theopportunity to bring to your community the absolute best in health care. “The Spirit of Healing” is not just a slogan, it comes fromthedeep desire to transform health careonepatient at a time.

Through The Spirit of Healing, we are inspired to connect to each and every person who has trusted us with their care.  Our motivations come from love, kindness, compassion and confidence.

Little River’s desire is to become one of Texas’ premier rural health systems.  Little River currently includes one hospital, four medical clinics and a sleep wellness center.

We invite you to browse our website and learn more about our community and the passionate doctor and nurses dedicated to providing you the absolute best in healthcare.  Here, you will find information on our departments, fun games for the kids and links to a host of healthcare information and general medical news.