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CA governor signs bill for healthier beverages in restaurant kids’ meals
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following comments on California Senate Bill 1192, the California Healthy by Default Kids Meals Beverages bill:
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Mediterranean-style diet may lower women’s stroke risk
Study Highlights: Following a Mediterranean-style diet (high in fish, fruits and nuts, vegetables and beans and lower in meat and dairy) reduced stroke risk in women over 40, but not in men. The Mediterranean-style diet reduced stroke risk among white adults who were at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
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New Kids Heart Challenge™ marks American Heart Association’s 40th year in nation’s schools
Students in elementary schools around the country have a new way to move their bodies toward heart health, earn benefits for their schools and give back to their community this school year.
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Heart chambers infographic
4 chambers of the heart: right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle.
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Heart and lungs illustration
Human Chest Cavity illustration: Right lung, left lung, heart
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Fatima Rodriguez M.D. MPH
Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FACC discusses county-level Hispanic ethnic density and CVD mortality. Dr. Rodriguez, is a preventive and general cardiologist in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University. She is lead author of a study on county-level Hispanic ethnic density and cardiovascular disease mortality, published September 19, 2018 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. News Release
After Embargo: Commentary online.
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Cardiovascular-related deaths higher for U.S. Hispanics who live in counties with higher Hispanic populations
Study Highlights: U.S. Hispanics who live in areas heavily populated by Hispanics face more cardiovascular death than those who live in more diverse counties. Compared with counties that had the lowest Hispanic populations, those with the highest had 60 percent more Hispanic mortality from cardiovascular disease (215.3 vs. 134.2 per 100,000). Counties with higher Hispanic populations may face more socioeconomic disadvantages, a lack of access to quality health care, and language barriers.
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Los hispanos estadounidenses que viven en condados con poblaciones más altas de hispanos sufren más muertes por causas cardiovasculares
Aspectos destacados del estudio: Los hispanos estadounidenses que viven en áreas con una alta población de hispanos sufren más muertes por causas cardiovasculares que los que viven en condados con mayor diversidad. En comparación con los condados que tenían las poblaciones más bajas de hispanos, los condados con las poblaciones más altas tuvieron un 60% más de mortalidad de hispanos debida a enfermedades cardiovasculares (215,3 frente a 134,2 por cada 100 000).
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