While heart attack and congestive heart failure affect the vessels of and ultimately the heart itself, stroke is a result of complications in the vessels that supply the brain instead. This results in localized damage to the brain. Unfortunately, many people still do not recognize the signs of a stroke and therefore delay urgently needed treatment.
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Stroke, Not Just All in Your Head
Posted in on Learning, on Treatment, tagged Blacks, cardiovascular disease, CVD, disability, morbidity, stroke, type II Diabetes, video on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wear Red (to)Day…Increasing Awareness about the #1 Killer of Women
Posted in 1st Friday in 1st Person, on Learning, tagged cardiovascular disease, CVD, featured health observance, heart disease, prevention on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First Fridays in First Person. One in four women dies from heart disease. It’s the #1 killer of women, regardless of race or ethnicity. While the risk rises in middle age, signs and symptoms are seen in women aged younger than most would expect. Here are two women’s stories.
American Heart Month
Posted in on Prevention, tagged cardiovascular disease, CVD, featured health observance, heart disease, prevention, wellness on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
American Heart Month is an excellent opportunity for all Americans to take the time to learn more about heart health and effective methods for reducing their risk factors for serious heart conditions. Healthy choices can help us all live longer and richer lives.
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A Minute of Health with CDC- Step Away from the Cigarette November 10, 2009On November 19, the American Cancer Society will sponsor the 2009 Great American Smokeout. This podcast discusses how quitting smoking is the single best way for smokers to protect their health and the health of their family and friends.
- Step Away from the Cigarette November 10, 2009
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- Patient Money: Path to Alternative Therapies Is Littered With Obstacles November 14, 2009Trying unconventional remedies is a bold move, let alone trying to get an insurer to cover the expense and knowing what pills to buy.
- F.D.A. Says It May Ban Alcoholic Drinks With Caffeine November 14, 2009The agency said it told nearly 30 manufacturers of the beverages that they needed to provide clear evidence of safety.
- Fragile Care Worsened Swine Flu in Ukraine November 14, 2009A frenzy for care in Ukraine has drawn attention from experts bracing for the epidemic to hit Europe, and especially the flimsy health care systems of countries of the former Soviet Union.
- Patient Money: Path to Alternative Therapies Is Littered With Obstacles November 14, 2009
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- WashingtonPost: Health
- New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S. November 13, 2009About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Study in D.C. looks at using HIV treatment to prevent AIDS November 13, 2009The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS.
- Insurance exchange may have loophole November 15, 2009Nobody wants to spend a lot of time, energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up back where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the so-called exchange or gateway.
- New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S. November 13, 2009
- WSJ: Health
- Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Are Dead. (Long Live … ) November 13, 2009The FDA may be cracking down on alcoholic energy drinks. But there's only so much the agency can do.
- Lilly Gets R&D Chief From Outside. Drugs to Follow? November 13, 2009The hiring is a sign that the Indianapolis drug maker wants to look beyond its own labs for new offerings even more than it's doing already.
- How Industry Spends $1 Billion a Year on Continuing Medical Ed. November 13, 2009Courses for doctors are big business.
- Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Are Dead. (Long Live … ) November 13, 2009
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