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Washington, DC - This year’s State of Obesity report from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sheds much needed light on where progress is being made and on the work that lies ahead. We underscore the urgent call to action for more effective use of resources from every level of government to ensure that health equity is achieved across our nation. The American Heart Association will continue to take a leadership role in working to make this vision a reality.
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Dallas, Texas - People are more likely to adopt heart healthy behaviors when guided and encouraged via the Internet, their cellphones or other devices, according to 23 years of research reviewed in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) expresses its unequivocal support for the 10 recommendations that were outlined today by the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel at the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) Meeting. The AACR also wishes to thank Vice President Joe Biden for his leadership of the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
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Dallas, Texas - UT Southwestern Medical Center heart specialists will study whether electrocardiograms (ECGs) are useful in identifying Texas high school student athletes who are at risk of suffering sudden cardiac death.
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Washington, DC - Data from a review of U.S.-based clinical trials published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches - such as yoga, tai chi, and acupuncture - appear to be effective tools for helping to manage common pain conditions. The review was conducted by a group of scientists from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health.
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Baltimore, Maryland - The only approved vaccine for dengue may actually increase the incidence of dengue infections requiring hospitalization rather than preventing the disease if health officials aren’t careful about where they vaccinate, new public health research published September 2 in Science suggests.
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