Health News You Can Use: Heart disease & diabetes deaths climb amid pandemic and Saint Luke's Cardiometabolic approach

Over the pandemic, heart disease and diabetes deaths increased significantly. Recent data from the CDC shows these death rates saw the biggest jumps in at least two decades.

This week we are talking to Melissa Magwire, program director of the Cardiometabolic Center Alliance founded by Saint Luke's, about this increase and Saint Luke’s unique treatment model for heart disease and type 2 diabetes that’s now being used across the country.

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