Keeping Score Of Heart Disease
Alex Strauss Alex Strauss

Keeping Score Of Heart Disease

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America and throughout the world.  Each year, one in three Americans dies from heart disease.  Many of these deaths are preventable and, just like colon cancer and breast cancer, heart disease has an inexpensive and easy to administer screening test that many people don’t know about. 

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Make-A-Wish South Dakota & Montana Recognizes American Heart Month
Alex Strauss Alex Strauss

Make-A-Wish South Dakota & Montana Recognizes American Heart Month

Our goal at Make-A-Wish South Dakota & Montana is to grant 115 life-changing wishes this fiscal year, and we need your help! Medical professionals who make a referral to Make-A-Wish allow the transformational process of the Wish Journey to begin for children with critical illnesses. Children between the ages of 2 ½ and 18 at the time of referral who have not received a wish from another wish-granting organization may qualify for a wish.

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Cardiovascular Implications of the Covid 19 Virus Challenge Healthcare Professionals & Patients
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Cardiovascular Implications of the Covid 19 Virus Challenge Healthcare Professionals & Patients

As the Covid 19 pandemic continues to challenge frontline healthcare professionals, it also poses complications for those in the cardiology patient community. Early studies from Wuhan China show that Covid 19 patients who had previous cardiac injury were at a significantly greater risk of hospital mortality versus those without a preexisting cardiac injury. Another early study found that up to 1 in 5 Covid 19 patients developed significant heart damage, resulting in heart failure or death.

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Regional’s Heart Failure Clinic Reduces Readmissions
Alex Strauss Alex Strauss

Regional’s Heart Failure Clinic Reduces Readmissions

Heart failure is the most common and costliest reason for admission to the hospital for older Americans. And yet, more than three in four HF patients who end up in the emergency room get admitted to the hospital. Often, these are readmissions are for an ongoing condition.

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