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30209
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Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. North Carolina doctors and hospitals are working to reduce the number of cardiac deaths by developing and implementing better technology and techniques, collaboration among medical specialties and new hospitals that feature increased capacity.
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38235
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At Levine Children’s Hospital, procedures such as open-heart surgery can repair congenital heart defects. Cape Fear Valley Heart and Vascular Center offers pacemaker and defibrillator aftercare. Through such facilities and cutting edge medical procedures, cardiac conditions like an open valve or arrhythmia no longer close the door to a new lease on or extension of life.
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31340
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Three years ago, former Appalachian State basketball player Omar Carter suffered cardiac arrest on the court. Now he uses the near-death experience to spread awareness about heart health.
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25839
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Researchers at East Carolina’s Department of Physiology in the Brody School of Medicine have made clinically important connections between asthma-related inflammation and illnesses of the heart and blood vessels. This link will aid further research in environmental triggers and better treatment options.
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Edge (NoCar LD 1741 E44 E33), Vol. Issue , Spring 2006, p28 Periodical Website
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1378
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As school systems across North Carolina limit or drop physical education programs, children must be made aware of the necessity of a physically active lifestyle. Some children as young as three have conditions that may foreshadow later heart disease.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 10 Issue 3, July 1993, p16-17, il Periodical Website
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28741
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Health care providers across the state are adding technology, treatment centers, and outreach programs to slow heart disease. Heart disease is the second-leading cause of death in North Carolina behind cancer. The various tools, innovations, and work being done to combat the disease across the state in places like Nash County, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Lumberton, and elsewhere are described.
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10267
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In November 2007, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced that heart disease was no longer the leading cause of death in the state. Zulovich discusses some of the heart work being conducted at heart centers in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, and Greenville.
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NC Magazine (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 66 Issue 8, Aug 2008, p52, 54-55
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30337
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Colon Terrell, a retired banker in Raleigh, is walking three-thousand miles across the United States to raise awareness of heart disease prevention. The American Heart Association in Raleigh is an active partner in Terrell’s walk and is assisting with promoting the walk by hosting several events across the nation.
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Carolina Banker (HG 2153 N8 C66), Vol. 91 Issue 1, Spring 2012, p14-17, por
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29260
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Dr. Redford Williams, a researcher and professor of psychiatry at Duke Medical School, is studying personality stereotypes to determine the physiological ramifications of stressful behavior patterns. Type A behavior patterns, such as competitiveness and aggression, have been related to increased coronary disease.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 8 Issue 9, Nov 1980, p17-18, por