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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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The NHLBI and Sickle Cell Disease The NHLBI has researched sickle cell disease since its founding as the National Heart Institute in 1948. Since 1972, when the National Sickle Cell Anemia Control act was passed, the NHLBI has spent more than $1 billion researching the condition. The NHLBI funds basic research and large clinical trials and conducts...
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Gene Scan IDs Heart Disease Risk
High blood cholesterol and triglycerides are known risk factors for heart disease. However, it is unclear how much of the risk for either is inherited. To address this question, scientists analyzed DNA from more than 100,000 people in a search for genetic...