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CDC: Heart Attack Awareness Improved Since 2008

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However, only about 50 percent of adults knew all five common heart attack symptoms in 2017
Walgreens' high rate of violations for selling tobacco products to minors has led U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

Walgreens Worst Violator in Tobacco Sales to Minors, FDA Says

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Agency has requested meeting with Walgreen Co. to discuss possible companywide violations
In a drug industry first

Johnson & Johnson to Provide Drug Prices in TV Ads

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Drug list prices, typical out-of-pocket costs will appear on screen at end of commercials
The benefits of postconditioning balloon inflations in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention may not be apparent immediately

Postconditioning During PCI for STEMI Shows Delayed Benefits

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Benefits at one year include reduced microvascular obstruction, improved left ventricular remodeling
Most Americans are concerned about their weight and understand the connection between weight and cardiovascular health

Most Americans Concerned About Weight, Link to Heart Health

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But many do not stick with weight-loss plans or talk with doctors about losing weight
The percentage of donors from whom hearts were recovered for transplantation who died from drug intoxication increased from 1999 to 2016

Donor Heart Recovery From Drug-Intoxicated Deaths Has Increased

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Campaigns promoting organ donation in populations affected by drugs have contributed to increase
For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occurring in outpatient dialysis clinics

Dialysis Staff-Initiated CPR Ups Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest

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Staff-initiated CPR linked to increase in hospital discharge, favorable neurologic status on discharge
Treatment of psoriasis with biologic therapy is associated with a reduction in noncalcified coronary plaque and improved plaque morphology

Psoriasis Tx Linked to Drop in Noncalcified Coronary Plaque

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Noncalcified plaque burden and necrotic core reduced in association with biologic therapy
The urban African-American population has a high prevalence of hypertensive crisis and hypertensive emergencies

Hypertensive Crisis Prevalent in Urban African-Americans

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Prevalence of hypertensive crisis is 11.4 percent in this population
African-Americans have a higher burden of sudden cardiac death than whites

Burden of Sudden Cardiac Death Higher in Black Men, Women

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Known factors explain 65.3 percent of excess SCD risk in African-Americans, especially women