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Joncita Todechine, a mother of four who lives on the Navajo Nation, knows all too well what can trigger asthma symptoms in her daughter Ashley. But she didn’t always. She recalls a time in 2013, living in Phoenix and attending medical assistant school, when she rushed her then-three-year-old to the Indian Medical Center. “She was really sick,”...
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NHLBI in the Press
Chest pain is a common symptom of coronary artery disease, a condition in which a waxy substance called plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. In particular, some plaques have features associated with a high risk of major adverse cardiovascular events such as heart attacks or death.
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NHLBI in the Press
The ejection fraction is an important measurement in determining how well the heart is pumping out blood and in diagnosing and tracking heart failure.
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NHLBI in the Press
There is a substantial unmet clinical need for new strategies to protect hematopoietic stem cells, which give rise all the different types of blood cells, after radiation injury from cancer therapy or accidental exposure.
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NHLBI in the Press
An NHLBI-funded study found that enough and sustained exercise can reverse the damage done to aging hearts by a sedentary lifestyle, and prevent future heart failure.
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NHLBI in the Press
Children with asthma in the Rochester City School District (New York) who received a combination of telemedicine support and school-based medication therapy were almost half as likely to need an emergency room or hospital visit for their asthma, according to researchers.
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NHLBI in the Press
For the eighth year in a row, the NHLBI-developed DASH diet ranked as the best overall diet by U.S. News and World Report. In 2018, for the first time ever, DASH tied for the top spot with the Mediterranean diet.
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NHLBI in the Press
A dietary intervention in postmenopausal women aimed at reducing fat and increasing the intake of vegetables, fruits, and grains did not increase the risk of diabetes and may have slowed its progression, according to a recent study partly funded by NHLBI.
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NHLBI in the Press
Black women living in highly segregated neighborhoods are 30% more likely to become obese during a 25-year period spanning early adulthood to middle age, compared with black women living in neighborhoods with low levels of segregation.
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NHLBI in the Press
A chronic autoimmune disease called giant cell arteritis (GCA) can cause inflammation of large blood vessels—a potentially fatal condition.