Hands on Heart CPR

Hands On Heart CPR is here to serve the needs of the community. our mission to reach and teach important lifesaving skills also to promote health and safety.

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Mono-unsaturated fats from plants, not animals may reduce risk of death from heart disease and other causes - Study Highlights: Diets rich in mono-unsaturated fats from plants may lower the risk of death from heart disease and other causes. The larges... https://t.co/T0qzxRlSUa

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New augmented reality Hands-Only CPR makes training life-like and mobile - The American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to building healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke, has collaborate... https://t.co/t1NDQ2a4Ae

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Ideal heart health less likely among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults - Study Highlights: Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults were less likely than heterosexuals to have ideal cardiovascular health, according to preliminary research. LGB adults wer... https://t.co/7Bq8DGD9SB

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Severe war injuries and PTSD can impact hypertension risk - Study Highlights: U.S. service members severely injured in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars or diagnosed with PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) face a greater risk of high blood pressure. Inju... https://t.co/AgQx7TKIRO

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Severe war injuries and PTSD can impact hypertension risk - Study Highlights: U.S. service members severely injured in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars or diagnosed with PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) face a greater risk of high blood pressure. Inju... https://t.co/L6sUoNXTR1

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Blacks have more exposure to air pollutants raising heart disease risk, death - Study Highlights: Blacks often have higher exposures to air pollutants than whites, elevating their risk for developing heart disease and death. Air pollution is associate... https://t.co/M8KeJkAKLX

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New $1 million research initiative supports early career vascular disease investigator research - The American Heart Association and VIVA Physicians, Inc. announced today a two-year $1 million grant program to support research initiatives in vascular ... https://t.co/utzAtAgSEV

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Patients do as well on generic antiplatelet drugs as more expensive brand-name product - Study Highlights: Patients who took the generic version of the anti-platelet drug clopidogrel after hospitalization for a heart attack or heart-related chest pain... https://t.co/UcOWr1F8Dy

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American Heart Association awards scholarships to students who are improving health outcomes in their communities - The American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of cardio... https://t.co/0B3eOlTDVj

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Latest tools in machine learning aim to accelerate precision medicine through American Heart Association and Duke Clinical Research alliance - A new strategic alliance will target the prediction, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases usi... https://t.co/ROUSuCV0iN

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Caregivers face strain when patients receive heart pumps - When heart failure patients receive a heart pumping device known as an left ventricular assist device (LVAD), their caregivers seem to suffer, too – at least initially, according to research i... https://t.co/ppDte4sAhq

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Dietary sodium’s impact may not be offset by other aspects of a diet - An international study suggests other aspects of the diet may not offset the harmful effect of sodium on blood pressure. The study, published in the American Heart Association’s jo... https://t.co/kIHRI0dWfw

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Dietary sodium’s impact may not be offset by other aspects of a diet - An international study suggests other aspects of the diet may not offset the harmful effect of sodium on blood pressure. The study, published in the American Heart Association’s jo... https://t.co/ZiwzxjqcJA

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American Heart Association and The Children’s Heart Foundation invest more than $826,000 in latest round of congenital heart defect research awards - The Children’s Heart Foundation and the American Heart Association today announced their latest colla... https://t.co/pB6SMuYlv7

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Higher waist and hip measures may add up to greater risk for heart attack among women - Higher waist and hip size are more strongly associated with heart attack risk than overall obesity, especially among women, according to research in Journal of the... https://t.co/T24WFEa7Ng

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Cardiac arrest survival greatly increases when bystanders use an automated external defibrillator - Study Highlights: Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when bystanders stepped in to use a publicly-available automated external defibrillator rather t... https://t.co/ZimZxTfQLJ

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Unique role of gender is featured in Circulation journal’s Go Red For Women issue focused on women’s heart health - Issue Highlights: The second Go Red For Women issue of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, features eleven origin... https://t.co/yl8vYi6l5i

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Short kids may have higher future stroke risk - Being a short kid is associated with increased risk of having a stroke in adulthood, according to Danish research published in Stroke, an American Heart Association journal. https://t.co/F1CuKorl6F

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Short kids may have higher future stroke risk - Being a short kid is associated with increased risk of having a stroke in adulthood, according to Danish research published in Stroke, an American Heart Association journal. https://t.co/AdJkL5wIFs

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Survivors of childhood heart defects may have higher risk of premature dementia - Study Highlight: Children born with heart defects are more likely to survive into old age because of improved early treatments, but they may be more likely to develop ea... https://t.co/XyQpGqAOXj