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Leading health organizations collaborate with industry on new initiative to combat growing diabetes and cardiovascular disease threat
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) today announced the start of a new multi-year collaborative initiative supported by founding sponsors Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), and Novo Nordisk. The initiative’s goal is to help people with type 2 diabetes reduce their risk of disability and death due to cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke.
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Patient Groups: Uphold Health Care Law As Congress Intended
Patient groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae or friend of the court brief today in the U.S. District Court case, Texas v. United States, citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court side with plaintiffs and move to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Tobacco aside, e-cigarette flavorings may harm blood vessels
Study Highlights: Flavoring chemicals widely used in e-cigarettes and other tobacco products may be toxic to the cells that line and regulate blood vessel function. The adverse effects observed with chemical flavor additives on endothelial cells could...
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American Heart Association says Senate Farm Bill protects SNAP, but needs to do more on diet quality
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following statement on the farm bill, passed today by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
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Cash and goal setting help motivate heart patients to take healthy steps
Study Highlight: Wearable devices combined with financial incentives and personalized goal-setting significantly increased physical activity among ischemic heart patients.
