American Heart Association
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The flu may trigger heart attacks, according to a recent study.
The research was the first time a study looked at laboratory tests and showed a conclusive link. The Canadian study found a six-fold increase in heart attacks shortly after people were diagnosed.
Researchers looked at 19,729 […]
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Deaths from heart disease and stroke have declined slightly, yet both diseases remain among the leading causes of death in the United States, new federal statistics show.
A report released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows heart disease remains the leading cause […]
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The obesity epidemic in America is getting worse, new federal data show.
As of 2015-2016, about four in 10 U.S. adults were obese, up from 37.7 percent during 2013-2014.
The news for children and teens isn’t much better. Overall, nearly 19 percent were obese in 2015-2016, up […]
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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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