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Shockable cardiac arrests are more common in public than home
Comprehensive NIH study helps explain discrepancy in survival rates between cardiac arrests in public and at home
Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction: Where Are We Going?
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Ever since the first identification and coining of the phrase “risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD)” by the Framingham Investigators in 1959 [1,2], there has been an explosion of literature that has come under the heading of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor reduction, as if creating a separate subspecialty of cardiology. There [...]
Even With Heart Disease Awareness on the Rise, Prevention Remains Critically Important for American Women
The Heart Truth campaign urges women to take action
In recognition of American Heart Month, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and its heart disease awareness campaign—The Heart Truth— is reminding all American women that heart disease prevention remains critically important, despite that fact that awareness is at an all time high. More women [...]
Salt, Blood Pressure and your health
Salt is essential to our body’s fluids. That’s likely why we evolved to enjoy its taste. On the other hand, anyone who’s gotten a mouth full of seawater knows that too much salt tastes terrible. Maybe your body’s trying to tell you something. It turns out that too much salt can lead to a host [...]
10 Things To Know AHA Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics“ 2010 Update
I found this in The American Heart Associations Learning Library and thought it would be a great Article to share…
10 Things To Know AHA Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics “ 2010 Update
1. An estimated 81.1 million American adults (more than 1 in 3) have 1 or more types of