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Heart Health, Stroke, and Diabetes
Surgeon General Releases Call to Action on Hypertension Control
Today, Surgeon General VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., issued a Call to Action urging Americans to recognize and address hypertension control as a national, public health priority. The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Control Hypertension provides strategies for those on the frontlines of health care and public health to address this costly, dangerous and far too common chronic health condition.
Enter Now: Create an Obesity Prevention Game
Office on Women's Health
Join the Office on Women's Health in helping women and girls reach and maintain a healthy weight by entering the Shape of Health: An Obesity Prevention Game challenge.
Your Family’s Health Is Your Health
“How could this happen to me?” This is what one of my colleagues says her mother kept saying after she found out she had heart disease.
4 Things Women Need to Know About Stroke
Dr. Cheryl Bushnell
Stroke happens to 1 in 5 women. Dr. Cheryl Bushnell shares the four things she thinks every woman should know about stroke.
Kidney Disease: What You Need to Know
Dr. Kajal Patel shares how women can keep their kidneys healthy and what they need to know about chronic kidney disease.
An Interview About Heart Health
Dr. Rachel Dreyer shares the basics you need to know about heart disease and how to keep your heart healthy.
Barbra Streisand and Vivek Murthy: How We Can Help Save Women's Lives
Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, Barbra Streisand
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"My Cardiologist Says I'm a Miracle"
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Eating for Your Health and Your Heart
I can admit it: I love food. But my mother taught me a long time ago that what you put into your body, and how much, matters.
Caregiving Changed Me: One Daughter's Story
Agreed denial. That was our little dance — my mother and me — when it came to her health concerns.