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Medicare Guide to Heart Disease

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  By Danielle Kunkle Roberts The term “heart disease” encompasses a variety of conditions that can affect your heart, including coronary heart disease, muscle weakness in the wall of your…

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Listen to Your Heart: Laurie’s Journey with Valve Disease

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  February 22 is National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day. It’s also the day that Laurie Stirone decided that she would share her journey. As an active retiree and energetic…

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A Doctor Turned Heart Patient Gives Back

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  By Alin Gragossian There is so much in life that we cannot control. Unfortunate things happen to us. But I have always believed that we have to embrace these…

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Caring for Pericardial Mesothelioma

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  By Emily Walsh at Mesothelioma.com February is American Heart Month, which seeks to raise awareness for the leading cause of death in the United States: Heart disease. According to…

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Memories Have Value

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  By Robert Dacey As our daily lives become engulfed in required and complex technology, elders like me find some comfort in recalling the good ol’ days of our younger…

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I am a Warrior: Embracing My Scar Everywhere I Go

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  By Ashley Nuxoll I was born with a congenital heart defect called bicuspid aortic stenosis. My parents’ names are Terri and Cliff — all they knew was that they…

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Three Heart Attacks Later, I’m Lucky to be Alive

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  By Delilah Castillo-Nosek Little did I know that my life was about to change in June 2004. On the evening of June 26, I went to bed. Throughout the…

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Los Angeles Marathon Legacy Runner Continues His Journey

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  By Jerry Robinson In 1977, at the age of 34 years, I was diagnosed with a congenital valve abnormality known as a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). At the time,…

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Chapter Spotlight: San Luis Obispo, California

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  It is not surprising that Michael Mariscal has achieved so much with Mended Hearts Chapter 415 so quickly. After his own cardiovascular experiences he decided it was something he…

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Access to Life-Saving Medications is Being Denied

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  “The fight for my PCSK9 took almost two years and highlights the need for us to continue in the fight for access to life-saving medications for all heart patients.”…

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