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2019
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ondition that affects more than 30 million Americans.In Type 2 diabetes, chronic high blood sugar levels can lead to serious health problems, such as heart disease, stroke, vision loss and kidney disease. Although it is sometimes called adult-onset diabetes, the disease increasingly strikes children ...
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re than 480,000 Americans each year."It's never too late to quit smoking, and some of the health benefits are immediate, like decreasing your risk of heart attack within 24 hours," said Cedars-Sinai pharmacist Ching Chow, PharmD. "The process may seem daunting, but with the right support and guidanc ...
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Streisand Women’s Heart Center in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, to warn women and their physicians about how women experience ischemic heart disease differently than men. The duo shared their perspectives with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) podcast, JAMA Author ...
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Nov
2019
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y and gender are among the health inequities that often delay cancer diagnoses and treatment, Rimel said. “These disparities in healthcare break my heart.”In the case of ovarian cancer, women face the additional burden of vague and mild-sounding symptoms that often fail to prompt a pelvic exam, ...
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Nov
2019
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eart Institute at Cedars-Sinai shows that electronic nicotine delivery systems, including devices such as e-cigarettes, may be just as harmful to the heart, if not more, than traditional cigarettes. The findings were presented today at the annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2019.& ...
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Nov
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A study of thousands of patients with the most common form of heart disease shows that many are not receiving the best treatment to prevent future heart attacks and extend their lives.The study of patients with coronary artery disease, led by the Smidt Heart Institute Chair of Cardiac Surgery, Joann ...
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Oct
2019
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alth hazards to humans and pets—especially children, older adults and those with chronic respiratory problems such as emphysema, asthma, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and others," said Cedars-Sinai lung specialist, Zab Mosenifar, MD, medical director of the ...
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Oct
2019
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Since August, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a minimally invasive heart valve procedure for an expanded group of patients with aortic stenosis, Raj Makkar, MD, vice president of Cardiovascular Innovation and Intervention at Cedars-Sinai, says many more patients are opting for t ...
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Sep
2019
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was quickly diagnosed with an aortic dissection—a tear that develops along the inner layer of the aorta, the artery that pumps blood out of the heart to the rest of the body. Aortic dissection is a medical emergency that requires immediate surgical intervention."James's decision to ca ...
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2019
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save the lives of up to two individuals suffering from any of a variety of health conditions, including traumatic injury, cancer, blood disorders and heart conditions.
As one of the few Level I trauma centers in Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai patients receive transfusions of more than 30,000 units of ...
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