All posts with subject: heart-attack
Monday, July 27, 2009
Diabetes doesn’t have to control you. You can control it. Here’s how to take control.
If you have diabetes, you face a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other complications such as eye, kidney, and nerve disease. The good news is it’s treatable.
An important first step is working with your doctor to develop a diabetes action plan. If you don’t have one, learn how [...]
Read full storyfiled in: Exercise & Fitness
subjects: cholesterol, diabetes, heart-attack, high-blood-pressure, stroke
Monday, July 27, 2009
Program slashes heart attack risks in people with diabetes
When Christy Rosenberg, director of the San Diego Council of Community Clinics Health Network, found the clinic’s simple three-drug protocol known as ALL could reduce the chances of high-risk patients developing a heart attack or stroke by 50 percent, she had tne reaction: “Let’s jump on it.”
Rosenberg recruited Ken Morris, [...]
Read full storyfiled in: Thriving Communities
subjects: diabetes, disease-prevention, health-programs, heart-attack
Monday, July 27, 2009
What the farmers’ market can do for you
What do you do when your community is home to the highest percentage of diabetes, stroke, and heart disease?
For residents of Watts, one of the best-known neighborhoods in Los Angeles, the answer was a twist on an old idea: the farmers’market. With support from Kaiser Permanente, the weekly market brings [...]
Read full storyfiled in: Thriving Communities
subjects: community-health, diabetes, heart-attack
Monday, July 27, 2009
Reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes with simple medications
Many health issues that affect our communities are complicated. But that doesn’t mean the solutions need to be.
A simple treatment involving only three medications is helping people with diabetes reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke, and blindness. Doctors with Kaiser Permanente found that treating them with ALL (short for aspirin, lovastatin, [...]
Read full storyfiled in: Thriving Communities
subjects: diabetes, disease-prevention, health-programs, heart-attack, prevention, stroke
