American Heart Association
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A new study found that middle-aged Mexican-Americans faced double the risk of stroke compared with white people, with diabetes considered a major contributing factor.
Ischemic strokes are the most common and occur when an artery supplying blood to the brain is blocked.
The role of […]
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Since at least the 1960s, the rate of Americans who die from stroke has been on the decline. But that progress has slowed, and in some cases reversed, according to a new federal report.
The report, issued Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]
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Montoya Taylor, M.D., attended medical school at Brown University in the mid-2000s and heard a lot about an influential study in the small town of Framingham, Massachusetts. Now spanning three generations of mostly white participants, the Framingham Heart Study is largely responsible for the current […]
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When the crushing headache and other sudden problems first hit Brooke Bergfeld, she assumed they were childbirth-related. The pain came on just a week after her new son was born, after all.
Fortunately for Bergfeld, her mother knew better. She quickly called 911 after recognizing the […]
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Traveling to hospitals in the United States is difficult for Yomi Ogun, M.D., a stroke researcher from Nigeria.
A clot-busting medicine to treat stroke is always in stock. In his native country, it’s a rare commodity. Ambulances in America can get patients to […]
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Filmmakers are having a hard time kicking the habit, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Despite earlier declines in tobacco use in youth-rated movies, that progress has stalled since 2010.
Between 2010 and 2016, the total number of times tobacco […]
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The National Institutes of Health came out on top once again with an increase in federal funding for the rest of this fiscal year, but the completed spending bill made cuts in initiatives that support prevention.
The bill, signed into law on Friday by President Trump, […]
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NEW ORLEANS — Researchers, healthcare providers and patients all must recognize that sharing information is key to the future of medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert M. Califf said Sunday.
Califf, speaking during the annual Lewis A. Conner Memorial Lecture during the American […]
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Heart disease kills more Southerners than any other disease, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
The reasons are complex and not completely understood, but experts believe it is most likely a mix of risk factors, race, poverty and healthcare access in the […]
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Only about half of Americans age 65 and older with high blood pressure have it under control, and not taking medications as prescribed might help explain why.
One in four Medicare beneficiaries — about 5 million — are not following doctor’s orders for taking their blood […]
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