Imperial Valley News Center
Factors associated with good heart health may also protect kidneys
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- Written by Darcy Spitz
Dallas, Texas - Achieving the American Heart Association’s definition of ideal cardiovascular health may also help prevent chronic kidney disease, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Hispanics/Latinos at higher risk for cardiac dysfunction, heart failure
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- Written by American Heart Association
Dallas, Texas - Hispanics/Latinos have higher rates of cardiac dysfunction but are rarely aware they have the heart-pumping problem that can lead to heart failure, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Heart Failure.
Twenty AACR Members Selected to NCI Blue Ribbon Panel to Guide Vice President Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative
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- Written by IVN
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is pleased to announce that 20 AACR members, including two Past Presidents, three Fellows of the AACR Academy, and three Board of Directors members, have been selected for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Blue Ribbon Panel that will inform the scientific direction and goals under Vice President Joe Biden's national cancer initiative.
Study supports single-question alcohol screen for adolescents
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Washington, DC - A single screening question about drinking frequency in the past year could help doctors identify adolescents at risk for alcohol problems, according to a new study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, who collaborated with a network of rural primary care practitioners, the study also supports the use of the age-based screening thresholds put forward in NIAAA’s Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner’s Guide.
Proposed Mezcal Regulation Impacting Trade and Exports
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Washington, DC - Proposed Regulation Impacting Trade and Exports - Mexico (Alcoholic beverages, mezcal (HS 2208.90.05) MEX/301)
U.S. Expresses Serious Concern Regarding Darfur Referendum
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- Written by State Department
Washington, DC - The United States expresses serious concern regarding the Government of Sudan’s plans to conduct a referendum on April 11-13 over the political future of Darfur. If held under current rules and conditions, a referendum on the status of Darfur cannot be considered a credible expression of the will of the people of Darfur. Moreover, it will undermine the peace process now under way.
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