Cardiovascular Disorders

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Wildfires Getting More Destructive
The potential for smoke to harm air quality and cause health problems was especially acute in 2015 because a record number of wildfires broke out in the United States. Pre-wildfire season preparedness could go a long way toward protecting public health.
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Dec 28, 2015
Jaime Madrigano @JMadrigano

Cardiovascular Disorders

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What Does the Future Hold for Atrial Fibrillation?
Longer-term thinking, enhanced public awareness, and more thorough engagement among stakeholders are critical components of a strategy to deal with atrial fibrillation.
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Jun 2, 2015
Catherine A. Lichten
Health Screening

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Should You Get Screened for Heart Disease?
Many think of cardiovascular disease (CVD) primarily as a male problem. But one in three adult women has some form of CVD, which has killed more American women than men every year since 1984. Cardiovascular risk assessments can help women understand their current risk and health behaviors.
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Jul 24, 2014
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Cardiovascular Disorders

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Have You Estimated Your Cardiovascular Risk?
Research suggests that setting a baseline by getting an estimate of your individual cardiovascular risk can help you see more clearly what you have at stake and what you can do to improve your chances of a long and healthy life.
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Jun 26, 2014
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Cardiovascular Disorders

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5 Steps to Decrease Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Five steps could help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, especially if you track your efforts: know your risk, increase physical activity, reduce sedentary time, improve nutrition, and get enough sleep.
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Jun 11, 2014
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Women's Health

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Assessing and Addressing Women's Health and Health Care
Women make up a majority of the U.S. population. Yet research policies and practices often treat women's health and health care as special topics or minority issues. The resulting knowledge gaps hamstring efforts to improve women's health care and outcomes even for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women.
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Mar 28, 2014
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Cardiovascular Disorders

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Caring for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes, Why Gender Matters
High-quality routine care for both cardiovascular disease and diabetes is at least as relevant to women's health and survival as it is to men's. Yet evidence suggests that women continue to face gaps in even low-cost, routine aspects of care.
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Feb 27, 2014
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Cardiovascular Disorders

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Health Matters
Everyone should take the time to ask themselves what they can do to improve their health, and to support the health of friends, families, and communities. When it comes to good health, it takes a community.
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Feb 20, 2014
Jeffrey Wasserman
Women's Health

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Women's Heart Disease Awareness
Friday is National Wear Red Day, when people are asked to wear red to raise awareness about the health risks women face from heart disease. Too little attention is devoted to preventing heart disease in women and improving the quality and outcomes of their care.
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Feb 5, 2014
Preventive Health Care

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Making Heart Disease a Women's Issue
When it comes to women's health, cancer gets a good deal of the attention; somehow, it hasn’t fully registered that so many of our mothers, sisters, friends and daughters are being affected by another, often silent killer, writes Chloe E. Bird.
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Mar 22, 2013
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Diet and Eating Habits

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Ruling Can Lead to Tougher New York Soda Ban
New York should see the judge's ruling as an opportunity to revise the law to close the loopholes, including the Big Gulp exemption, and develop regulations in line with the scientific consensus that even 16 ounces is way too much, writes Deborah Cohen.
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Mar 13, 2013
Deborah A. Cohen
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The Virtues of a '9 to 5' Job
People who do shift work should be vigilant about their risk factors. At the same time, their employers—and the government—can do more to offer education and targeted screening programs to prevent or forestall disease, writes Christian van Stolk.
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Aug 23, 2012
Christian Van Stolk

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Cardiovascular Disorders

Wildfires Getting More Destructive

What Does the Future Hold for Atrial Fibrillation?

Should You Get Screened for Heart Disease?

Have You Estimated Your Cardiovascular Risk?

5 Steps to Decrease Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Assessing and Addressing Women's Health and Health Care

Caring for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes, Why Gender Matters

Health Matters

Women's Heart Disease Awareness

Making Heart Disease a Women's Issue

Ruling Can Lead to Tougher New York Soda Ban

The Virtues of a '9 to 5' Job

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