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Black Hills American Heart Association raises awareness about heart disease

Black Hills American Heart Association raises awareness about heart disease

According to theheartfoundation.org, heart disease is the number one cause of death for women.Black Hills FOX reporter Katrina Lim shows us how one organization is raising awareness about this life-threatening illness.The Black Hills American Heart Association taught women about the risks of heart disease at their "Ignite Your Heart Brunch."The brunch included silent auction packages, a fashion show featuring various boutiques, and free gift bags for everyone to take home.


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Study finds large decrease in coronary heart disease in US

Study finds large decrease in coronary heart disease in US

The incidence of coronary heart disease in the U.S. declined nearly 20 percent from 1983 to 2011, according to a study appearing in the November 15 issue of JAMA.Diagnosis and control of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors have received particular emphasis in guidelines issued since 1977 (blood pressure) and 1985 (lipids).Yet on a population level, little is known about how these efforts have altered CHD incidence and its association with modifiable risk factors.Michael J. Pencina, Ph.D., of the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., and colleagues pooled individual patient-level data from 5 observational cohort studies available in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Biologic Specimen and Data Repository Information Coordinating Center.


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Healthy lifestyle can overcome genetic risk for heart disease

Healthy lifestyle can overcome genetic risk for heart disease

SUNDAY, Nov. 13, 2016 -- If your parent or sibling died young from cardiovascular disease, take heart: There are ways you can counter any genetic predisposition to the illness.New research shows that people can minimize an inherited risk for heart attack by living right -- exercising, eating healthy, staying slim and quitting smoking.Even with a little effort in these areas, people can cut their high genetic risk of heart disease by more than half, said senior researcher Dr. Sekar Kathiresan, director of the Center for Human Genetic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.But the opposite also is true, Kathiresan warned.


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Women with congenital heart disease have better shot at healthy pregnancies

Women with congenital heart disease have better shot at healthy pregnancies

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Congenital heart disease (CHD), a group of abnormalities in the heart that develop before birth - including holes in the heart, leaky or narrow valves, and incomplete or missing parts - affects nearly one percent of all babies born in the United States each year - upwards of 40,000 infants.Early in their lives these children often undergo multiple cardiovascular surgeries to repair their hearts, and have to be cared for by a cardiologist for the rest of their lives.In recent years treatments for these defects have saved the lives of thousands of children who once died in childhood.As more women with CHD survive into their childbearing years, new challenges have arisen: doctors must now assess their risk for pregnancy-related complications and care for those issues throughout the pregnancy.