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Trends in Women's Heart HealthTracy Stevens, MD tells what health care providers have learned about the diagnosis and treatment of women's heart disease and how women can take control of their heart health.
HEART for Women Act mark-up postponed; new website launched to explain health care reform provisions; Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) takes effect. Stay up to date as health reform affecting women with heart disease is implemented.
In June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released findings that 9 out of 10 Americans consume too much salt every day — as many as 100,000 heart attacks could be prevented each year if Americans simply reduced their sodium intake by a half-teaspoon daily.
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