Category: stroke

Saving a Million Hearts: One Heart at a Time!

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), principally ischemic heart disease and stroke, remains the leading cause of U.S. deaths for men and women and all races and ethnicities in spite of major progress in its prevention and treatment. CVD is also the greatest contributor to racial disparities in life expectancy. In 2012, 120 public and private partners and Read More >

March 12, 2018 by Muin J. Khoury, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and George A. Mensah, Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

genomics, heart disease

cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, million hearts, stroke

A Million Hearts, A Thousand Genes, and Your Family History

In September 2011, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced a new initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes in the United States in the next 5 years. This campaign will implement proven, effective, and inexpensive interventions in both clinical and community settings. In clinical practice, it will improve management of Read More >

October 13, 2011 by Muin J Khoury, Director, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention3 Comments

family history, genomics, heart disease, stroke

family history, genetics, genomics, heart disease, million hearts, stroke