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Disease: Heart Disease
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Founded in 1924, the American Heart Association today is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, America's No. 1 and No. 3 killers, and all other cardiovascular diseases claim nearly 870,000 lives a year. In fiscal year 2006-07 the association invested more than $554 million in research, professional and public education, advocacy and community service programs to help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. To learn more, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or visit americanheart.org.
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Given its importance to human life, it follows that heart disease is an extremely serious condition. Among the many illnesses that fall under the general heading of heart disease is congenital heart disease, a term for any defect in the heart that is present at birth. About one of every 100 infants is born with some sort of heart abnormality, the most common form being the atrial septal defect, in which an opening in the septum allows blood from the right and left atria to mix.
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The public can learn more about the link between diabetes and heart disease by visiting the ADA Expo in New York on Sat., Nov. 16 at the Jacob J. Javits Conventions Center, 11th Ave. between 34th and 39th streets. Exhibition hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Make the Link! materials will be on the road at other expos and professional health society meetings across the country during the next year.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIA Pharmaceuticals VIAP, a biotechnology company focused on the development of compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, today announced the expansion of its clinical advisory board. Joining the clinical advisory board's chair, Marc Pfeffer, M.D., Ph.D., Dzau Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Senior Physician, Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, and Jean-Claude Tardif, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal, and Director of Research, Montreal Heart Institute, are Marcelo Di Carli, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology, and Chief of Nuclear Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Robert Fenichel, M.D., Ph.D, Former Deputy Division Director, Division of CardioRenal Drug Products, Food and Drug Administration; Peter Libby, M.D., Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, and Chief, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital; and, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, M.D., Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal.
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How do you know if you have heart disease? Consult your doctor. If you don't, eventually your heart will let you know. A heart attack is the heart's way of letting you know that something is seriously wrong. Occasionally, the heart disease is so severe that doctors decide that surgery is necessary.
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One out of every three American women will die of heart disease, yet, according to AHA, only 13 percent of women believe heart disease is their greatest health risk. While largely preventable, heart disease in women often goes underdiagnosed and undertreated. Data shows that most women fail to make the connection between risk factors like high blood pressure and high cholesterol and their risk of developing heart disease.
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