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  February marks Valentine’s Day and it's also American Heart Month. Celebrate this month, and every month, by taking extra care of your heart.

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  Heart Healthy Foods

  By MC Kelby HERWriter on February 1, 2012 - 10:47pm
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  Coronary artery disease, also known as CAD or heart disease, is the leading cause of death in the United States.

  Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Attack Risk: Does Gender Make a Difference?

  By Mary Kyle HERWriter on December 4, 2011 - 2:43pm
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  With the amount of political, media and research attention it has been given in the past 5 years, it is no surprise that reducing rates of obesity is on the list of CDC Winnable Battles.

  The CDC's Winnable Battles in Public Health: Obesity

  By Hannah Cutts on October 27, 2011 - 6:00pm
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  Often in the world of public health, it feels as if failure is the norm and disaster of epidemic proportion is just around the corner.

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  The CDC's Winnable Battles in Public Health: An Overview

  Impacted 1 Lives By Hannah Cutts on October 17, 2011 - 7:15pm
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  It's 5 a.m. and the alarm clock jars you back into the land of the living after what surely must have been only 15 minutes of sleep, tops.

  Stress and Your Heart Health

  By Mary Kyle HERWriter on October 2, 2011 - 12:48pm
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  Caused by the group A streptococcus bacteria, also known as Streptococcus pyogenes, strep throat leaves its victims with sore throat pain that ranks about 197 on a scale of one to ten, ...

  The Strep Throat Link to Rheumatic Heart Disease

  By Mary Kyle HERWriter on September 25, 2011 - 5:19pm
• What the JAMA Estrogen Only Study Means To You

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  By Mache Seibel www.redhotmamas.org This week a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) sheds new light on taking estrogen.

  By Vibrance Associates HERWriter on September 22, 2011 - 2:04pm
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  Sometimes, being number one isn’t a good thing. Unfortunately for women, heart disease is no longer a disease reserved only for the Type-A corporate male executives.

  A Closer Look at a Few Common Types of Heart Disease in Women

  By Mary Kyle HERWriter on September 13, 2011 - 7:06pm
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  Have you recently been diagnosed with angina? Perhaps you have a family member or friend who’s living with angina and you’d just like to understand more about it and what it means to ...

  What is Angina Anyway?

  Impacted 1 Lives By Mary Kyle HERWriter on August 28, 2011 - 7:31pm
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  Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) is a widely-used drug for treating depression. It is classified as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is also prescribed off-label as a treatment for ...

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  Beware: Celexa can Cause Heart Problems

  Impacted 1 Lives By Shamir Benji HERWriter on August 24, 2011 - 12:00pm