
expenses not paid by Medicare Parts A & B
Imagine walking out of the doctor’s office for your check up at age 50 and beaming because you were told that you were at super low risk for heart disease. In fact, the doctor said you had ideal levels of blood pressure, cholesterol, fasting glucose and smoking status. Would you be surprised that ideal levels are found in only a small number of those checked? Did they get their healthy heart status by luck or did they have lifestyle habits early in life that promoted winning the “ideal” status banner? Can you plan, even in your teens or 20’s to do the same? read more http://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural-health/plant-powered-diet-youth-healthy-heart/
The Coronary Artery Risk Development in (Young) Adults Study or CARDIA has been studying the health of thousands of people recruited when they were 18-30 years old and followed for 20 years or more. They reported on habits associated with having this “ideal” heart status and the lessons are instructive and simple for all. At the beginning of the study, 44 percent had low risk heart status mainly because they were so young, and the “ideal” measurements by 20 years of follow-up fell to 25 percent of the group. Apparently things like getting older, jobs and raising families challenge us to remain on a healthy path.
The researchers looked at five simple lifestyle habits to see how they related to having the low cardiac risk at year 20. These habits were: not smoking, optimal body weight, and diet habits that incorporated higher amounts of fiber (think plants), potassium (think plants), calcium (think nuts and seeds) and less saturated fats (again think plants.) Regular physical activity and average alcohol intake (vs. none) were the other lifestyle habits measured. They also looked at a second score (AHEI) of food items and gave point for higher levels of eating vegetables, fruit, fish and poultry, non-meat protein like nuts and soy, whole grains, low trans fats, moderate alcohol intake, and a higher polyunsaturated to saturated fat intake.
Drum roll please! Whether judged by the five lifestyle habits or the multi-component AHEI food score, the better the lifestyle at a young age, the greater was the chance of ending up in middle age with a low heart disease risk status. It is not chance, it is lifestyle choices baby! You are in control. Your fork, fingers and feet can determine your fate.
For example, participants who practiced all five lifestyle habits had a 60 percent low risk heart status compared to participants with zero to one healthy habits who had about a five percent chance of being rated low risk in mid-life. That is a big difference that will result in a much better chance of living a normal span of years without illness and disability. The same trend and numbers existed for those with the highest points on the AHEI score vs the lowest. The most powerful predictor of ending up low risk in mid-life was…..never smoking as the other positive lifestyle habits were most common in those that also chose to never smoke. So give it up now if you are still smoking. Eat leaves, don’t smoke them!
I heard a piece of ancient Indian wisdom this week I want to share. It says “A person with health has 1000 dreams while a person without good health has only one dream.” The message of the CARDIA trial is that you are never too young, or too old, to plan to lower your risk of heart disease, the number one killer in Western society. Failing to plan is planning to fail and it will steal your dreams. Never smoke, eat lots of your damn vegetables and fruits, work out, stay thin by passing up on extra processed junk foods, and enjoy a glass of wine now and then. Please keep my waiting room empty.
Enroll in Original Medicare when you become eligible
Original Medicare
Covers hospital stays
Covers doctor and
outpatient visits
If you want additional coverage, you have choices
Keep Original Medicare and add Medicare Supplement Insurance
Keep Original Medicare and add Medicare Supplement Insurance
Helps with some of the out–of–pocket
expenses not paid by Medicare Parts A & B
Enroll in Medicare Advantage plan Medicare Advantage (Part C)
include prescription drugs,
consider adding Part D
How Medicare parts and plans work together
As this article shows, you can combine different Medicare parts and plans to meet your specific needs. Your choices depend on which path you take—Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage.
Some people who choose Original Medicare add prescription drug coverage (Part D) and Medicare supplement insurance, but it’s not required. Most Medicare Advantage plans include prescription drug coverage plus additional benefits like vision, dental and hearing coverage—all in one plan.
If you have a Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service plan (PFFS) that does not include prescription drug coverage, you can buy a standalone Part D prescription drug plan. This is the only type of Medicare Advantage plan that allows you to do this.
View all the Medicare parts – plus Medicare supplement insurance – in one simple chart.
View chart click here.http://www.medicaremadeclear.com/about/medicare-coverage-choices/
NDEP| Healthy Eating at Family Gatherings and Special Events
1. Eat a healthy snack before arriving to the event
2. Bring your own dish
3. Fix only 1 dish
4. Drink water
5. Limit Alcohol
Tips for desert time:
Eat more veggies earlier in the meal. It saves calories and carb intake. Your bonus is viewing all the desserts, having a sliver of the most yummy dessert and add fresh fruit.
More information: www.yourdiabetesinfo.org
A pesar de que el mundo se acerca al año 2015, el plazo acordado para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM), y de que la comunidad internacional está negociando el próximo marco global, todavía subsisten enormes disparidades en la salud entre países. La gran mayoría de las personas que sufren muertes prevenibles causadas por enfermedades infecciosas o relacionadas con la salud materna o infantil viven en países de ingresos bajos o medianos bajos.
El informe Salud Global 2035 representa un nuevo y ambicioso marco de inversiones destinadas a cerrar esta brecha en los sistemas de salud en el transcurso de una generación. Elaborado por la Comisión de Inversiones en Salud de The Lancet, formada por un equipo de 25 renombrados economistas y expertos en temas de salud global, Salud Global 2035 ofrece una guía para lograr mejoras radicales en la salud global a través de una gran convergencia en lo que respecta a las muertes por enfermedades infecciosas, la mortalidad infantil y materna, una reducción pronunciada de la incidencia y las consecuencias de las enfermedades no transmisibles (ENT) y las lesiones, así como la promesa de una cobertura de salud universal “en favor de los pobres”.
Mas informacion en http://globalhealth2035.org/sites/default/files/policy-briefs/overview-spanish.pdf
Prompted by the 20th anniversary of Investing in Health, the World Bank’s 1993 World Development Report (WDR 1993), an independent commission of 25 renowned economists and global health experts from around the world came together from December 2012 to July 2013 to revisit the case for health investment. The commission was chaired by Lawrence Summers, the Chief Economist at the World Bank responsible for choosing global health as the focus of WDR 1993, and co-chaired by Dean Jamison, lead author of WDR 1993. The commissioners aimed to reconsider the recommendations of WDR 1993; examine how the context for health investment has changed in the past 20 years, and develop an ambitious forward-looking health policy agenda targeting the world’s poor populations.
The commission’s report, Global Health 2035: A World Converging within a Generation, was published in The Lancet on December 3, 2013 and launched on the same day at events in London, Tunis, and Johannesburg.
The report makes the case that:
View the video on Global Health 2035. and Read more at http://globalhealth2035.org/sites/default/files/report/global-health-2035.pdf
Charles W. Eliot University Professor
Harvard University (Chair)
LHS@harvard.edu
Summers is President Emeritus of Harvard University, He previously served as Vice President of the World Bank, Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, Director of the National Economic Council, and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Summers was the first social scientist ever to receive the annual Alan T. Waterman Award of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He also was awarded the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal. Summers holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard.
Professor of Global Health
University of Washington (Co-Chair)
djamison@u.washington.edu
Jamison previously held academic appointments at UCSF, Harvard and UCLA and was an economist on the staff of the World Bank where he was lead author of WDR93. He holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University and was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Director Emeritus
Pan American Health Organization
alleyned@paho.org
Knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his services to medicine, Alleyne served as Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB), Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO). He was awarded the Order of the Caribbean Community, the highest honor that can be conferred on a Caribbean national. Alleyne is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Joan Kenney Professor of Economics
and Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus
Stanford University
arrow@stanford.edu
Winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in economics together with Sir John Hicks, Arrow is well known for his pioneering contributions to general equilibrium theory and welfare theory. Previous academic appointments include positions on the economics faculties of the Universities of Chicago and Harvard. Arrow also received the John Bates Clark Medal. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.
Chief Executive Officer
GAVI Alliance
sberkley@gavialliance.org
Berkely previously served as president, CEO and founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Prior to founding IAVI in 1996, Berkely was Associate Director of the Health Sciences Division at the Rockefeller Foundation. Berkely has also worked with the CDC, with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and for the Carter Center (based in Uganda). He holds a medical degree from Brown University.
Minister of Health, Rwanda
Dr. Binagwaho is also currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She previously served as Permanent Secretary of the Rwandan Ministry of Health and as Executive Secretary of Rwanda’s National AIDS Control Commission. A medical doctor by training, Dr. Binagwaho serves as a member of several boards, foundations and journals combating AIDS and infant mortality.
Assistant Director General
Family, Women’s and Children’s Health
World Health Organization
bustreof@who.int
Bustreo previously served as Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health. Prior to that she held assignments with the World Bank, with NORAD and with country and regional offices of the WHO, including Sudan, Senegal, Bangladesh, WHO’s regional office in Copenhagen and at WHO HQ in Geneva. Bustreo played a key role in the recent High Level Taskforce on International Innovative Financing for Health Systems and in the UN Taskforce on Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. She holds a medical degree from Padua University and a M.Sc. in Communicable Disease Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Director, Department of Health Systems Financing
World Health Organization
evansd@who.int
Evans, who holds a PhD in economics from the Australian National University, previously served as Director of WHO’s Global Program on Evidence for Health Policy. An expert in the economics of household decision-making in developing countries, including decisions relating to health, Evans joined WHO in 1990 to help develop research into social and economic factors relating to tropical diseases.
Director, Global Health Group, Global Health Sciences, and Professor of Global Health
University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley
FeachemR@globalhealth.ucsf.edu
Currently also a Visiting Professor at London University and an Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland, Feachem previously served as founding Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Under Secretary General of the United Nations. Additional posts include: Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank and Dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Feachem was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to health and development.
Dean of the Faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health and T&G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, a joint appointment with the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government
jfrenk@hsph.harvard.edu
Frenk previously served as Minister of Health of Mexico. He also was the founding director-general of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico. Additional previous positions held by Frenk include: director of the Center for Health and the Economy at the Mexican Health Foundation, executive director in charge of Evidence and Information for Policy at the WHO, Senior Fellow in the global health program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Executive President of the Carso Health Institute in Mexico City. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Frenk holds a medical degree from the National University of Mexico and a joint PhD in medical care organization and in sociology from the University of Michigan.
Director, Development Policy and Finance
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gargee.Ghosh@gatesfoundation.org
Ghosh previously held positions at Google, at McKinsey & Company (where she served as a Senior Expert in the Social Sector Office) and at the Center for Global Development. Involved in the early days of the BMGF’s work in policy and innovative finance, Ghosh holds Master’s degrees in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford and in International Relations from Georgetown.
Roger Irving Lee Professor of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Director, Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard University
sue_goldie@harvard.edu
A MacArthur award recipient, Goldie has focused her career on improving the health of vulnerable populations, in particular women, across the globe. Renowned for rigorous scholarship in decision science, and a long-standing champion of interdisciplinary research and education, Dr. Goldie serves as the Director of both the Harvard Global Health Institute at Harvard University and the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard School of Public Health. She has served on the Board of Global Health at the Institute of Medicine, and as a scientific or technical advisor to the World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Institute of Medicine, and National Academy of Sciences.
Professor of Public Health and Vice President
Peking University Health Science Center
guoyan@bjmu.edu.cn
Yan also is Vice Director of the China Academy of Health Policy and Board Member of the Community Health Branch of the Chinese Hospital Management Association. She has served as a consultant for a range of internationally sponsored projects carried out in China such as DFID’s China Urban Health and Poverty Project, the World Bank-sponsored Final Assessment of TB Control project and the UNICEF-funded Comprehensive Primary Health Care Project.
Deputy Director
Fiscal Affairs Department
International Monetary Fund
sgupta@imf.org
Previous positions held by Gupta include: Senior Advisor in the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department, Assistant Director in the African Department, Assistant Director and Chief in the Expenditure Policy Division of the Fiscal Affairs Department and Economist in the European Department. Gupta has led IMF missions in some 25 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He was previously a Secretary of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi, Senior Faculty at the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, and Fellow, Kiel Institute of World Economics, Germany.
Editor-in-Chief
The Lancet
Richard.Horton@lancet.com
Horton was the first President of the World Association of Medical Editors and is a Past-President of the US Council of Science Editors. He is an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Founder Fellow of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences. He currently chairs the Royal College of Physicians’ Working Party on Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry; co-chairs a WHO Scientific Advisory Group on Clinical Trials Registration; is a Council Member of the Global Forum for Health Research; is a Board Member of the Health Metrics Network; sits on the External Reference Group for WHO’s Research Strategy; and is an External Advisory Board Member for the WHO European Region. Horton is also a Senior Associate of The Nuffield Trust, a think tank for research and policy studies in health services.
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Dr. Margaret Kruk research emphasizes health system effectiveness and population preferences for healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Kruk is particularly interested in the application of new methods, such as discrete choice experiments and systems dynamic modeling, in studying the interactions between health systems and populations in low-income countries. She works with governments and academic colleagues in several African countries, including Tanzania, Ethiopia, Liberia, and Ghana. She has published on women’s preferences for maternal health care, policy options for human resource shortages, health care financing, and evaluation of large-scale health programs in low-income countries. Prior to joining Columbia, Dr. Kruk was an assistant professor in Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and policy advisor for Health at the Millennium Project, an advisory body to the UN Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals.
Professor in Molecular Biology and Public Policy at Princeton University
amahmoud@princeton.edu
Recently retired as President of Merck Vaccines and member of Management Committee of Merck & Company Inc, Mahmoud has also held academic posts at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland spanning 25 years concluding as Chairman of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief. Mahmoud holds an MD degree from the University of Cairo and a PhD from the University of London, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is a member of numerous prestigious associations and societies including the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science. He has received both the Bailey K. Ashford Award of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the Squibb Award of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Dr. Mahmoud currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea and as a member of the Board of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative as well as several public and not for profit corporations.
Governor
Bank of Botswana
kgobokol@bob.bw
Linah was appointed Governor of the Bank of Botswana in 1999 following a 23-year career in the Bank. She has also worked for the IMF and, in her capacity as Governor of the IMF for Botswana, she has been a member of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, representing the Africa Group 1 Constituency. Among her international engagements, Mohohlo served as a member of Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa, and currently enjoys membership of the Africa Progress Panel, Investment Committee of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund, Investment Climate Facility for Africa and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. Mrs. Mohohlo is a recipient of several Central Bank Governor of the Year Awards. She has been honored with the Presidential Order of Honour in recognition of efficient and devoted service to Botswana, and The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum recognized her with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. She read Accounting and Business, Economics, Finance and Investments at the University of Botswana, The George Washington University and University of Exeter, and has undertaken the Executive Management study program at Yale University.
USAID
Dr. Pablos-Méndez is the Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID, a position he assumed in August 2011. Prior to his current position, Dr. Pablos-Méndez served as Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology at Columbia University, and as Managing Director at the Rockefeller Foundation where he led its global strategy on the transformation of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage and Public-Private Partnerships for technologies against diseases of poverty. He was previously Director of Knowledge Management at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. Dr. Pablos-Méndez received his M.D. from the University of Guadalajara’s School of Medicine and his M.P.H. from Columbia University.
Chief Economist and Vice-President
African Development Bank
M.Ncube@AFDB.org
Ncube holds a PhD in Mathematical Finance from Cambridge University. Before joining the AfDB, he held the post of Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa, and before that was Dean and Professor of Finance at Wits Business School. He has extensive experience as an investment banker and as a regulator; he served as a Board member of the South African Financial Services Board (FSB). Ncube is also Chairman of the Board of the African Economic Research Consortium, Chairman of the Global Agenda Council on “Poverty and Economic Development” (World Economic Forum) and a Governor of the African Capacity Building Foundation.
President, Public Health Foundation of India
A medical doctor with specializations in cardiology and epidemiology, Dr. Reddy headed the Department of Cardiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) until recently. He has served on many WHO expert panels and is on the Board of the World Heart Federation. He edited the National Medical Journal of India for 10 years and is on the editorial board of several international and national journals. Dr. Reddy was awarded the WHO Director General’s Award for Global Leadership in Tobacco Control at the 56th World Health Assembly in May 2003. He was conferred the prestigious national award PADMA BHUSHAN by the President of India on the occasion of the 57th Republic Day of India, in 2005. The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, UK, awarded him the Queen Elizabeth Medal in 2005. Dr. Reddy was elected Foreign Associate Member of the Institute of Medicine (US National Academies) in 2004. He has been recipient of research grants from the Indian Council of Medical Research, NIH (Fogarty), Wellcome Trust, WHO, British Heart Foundation and the Global Forum for Health Research.
Independent Consultant and Senior Consultant, Results for Development Institute
Helensaxenian@gmail.com
Saxenian works as a independent consultant to various international organizations. She is a senior consultant to the Results for Development Institute. She led the Institute’s support to GAVI on the revision of several of its policies, including its eligibility policy, co-financing policy, and introduction grants and support to campaigns. Saxenian holds a PhD in applied economics from Stanford and a B.A. in economics from U.C. Berkeley.
Director for Human Development
African Development Bank
a.soucat@afdb.org
At the AfDB, Soucat is responsible for health, education, and social protection in 54 sub-Saharan Africa and Maghreb countries. Previously she worked at the World Bank where she co-authored the World Development Report 2004 and pioneered Results Based Financing in Africa. Before joining the World Bank she worked for UNAIDS, UNICEF and the European Commission. Trained as an MD she holds a Masters in Nutrition from the University of Nancy (France) and a Masters of Public Health as well as a Ph.D in Health Economics from Johns Hopkins University (USA).
Professor of International Economics, University of Oslo and Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
k.h.ulltveit-moe@econ.uio.no
Ulltveit-Moe holds a PhD in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). Previously she worked as Research Director of the Centre for International Economics and Shipping at NHH in Bergen. Ullveit-Moe has worked as a consultant for the European Commission and the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. She has also served as member of government-appointed public commissions and as member of the Board of directors of Norwegian multinational corporations.
Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco
Gavin Yamey, MD, MA, MRCP, is Lead of E2Pi, the Evidence-to-Policy Initiative, based within the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Yamey previously was Deputy Editor of the Western Journal of Medicine, Assistant Editor of the BMJ, and founding Senior Editor of PLoS Medicine. Awarded a Kaiser Mini-Media Fellowship in Global Health Reporting, Yamey developed a series on Sudan, Uganda and Kenya that was discussed in the UK Parliament. He has been external advisor to the World Health Organization and to TDR, the Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. Dr. Yamey holds a medical degree from Oxford University and University College London.
*Commissioner on Investing in Health
Senior Policy Associate
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP)
beith@cddep.org
Beith previously worked with Broad Branch Associates, the Center for Global Development, Management Sciences for Health and HLSP/UK and HLSP/Spain. She holds a Masters Degree in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Reverse Diabetes Eating FullyRaw! Listen to this interview about reversing diabetes eating a plant-based raw vegan diet. It’s diabetes awareness month. Let’s celebrate health!
Meet Kristina and Robby both took on a healthy lifestyle because they had blood sugar issues, and became good friends. Support makes a difference. Kristina was able to reverse her hyperglycemia eating FullyRaw because its more of a lifestyle disease, the onset of type 2 diabetes. Robby is a type 1 diabetic who is sharing his journey eating and managing his Diabetes. Kristina at http://www.fullyraw.com and Robby at http://www.mindfuldiabetic.com.
Courtesy of Majid Ezzati from Imperial College London.
77% of People with Diabetes live in low income and middle income counties.
2014- The World accounts for 387M with a prevalence 8.3%
2014- Almost half are undiagnosed
2035- Data shows an increase +205M with a prevalence 55%
Courtesy of Lloyd Jones et al Circ 2006;113:791
Es el Mes Americano de la Diabetes® y la Asociación desafía a los estadounidenses a que comiencen a vivir un estilo de vida más saludable utilizando la información y recursos disponibles de la campaña de este año llamada América cocina℠ para ponerle un Alto a la Diabetes®. Por medio de los medios sociales y una página de web interactiva http://www.diabetesforecast.org/mesdeladiabetes, la Asociación compartirá consejos de comida saludables, datos sobre nutrición y diabetes, recetas y más. – See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/es/?loc=util-header_es#sthash.HULlXTXr.dpuf
Take the American Diabetes Association challenge and Cook Healthy!
La diabetes es un grupo de enfermedades caracterizadas por un alto nivel de glucosa resultado de defectos en la capacidad del cuerpo para producir o usar insulina.
¿No está seguro de lo que significa eso? Este es el lugar para averiguarlo. Acá explicamos todo lo básico. Además, encontrará muchos enlaces a información más detallada sobre una variedad de temas.- See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/es/informacion-basica-de-la-diabetes/#sthash.O5aw8LZL.dpuf
“The risk for heart disease is six times higher for women with diabetes than those without,” says Marianne Legato, MD, FACP, director of the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University. With men, diabetes increases the risk for heart disease two- to threefold. Data also show that women with diabetes are more likely than men with the disease to have poor blood glucose control, be obese, and have high blood pressure and unhealthy cholesterol levels. Read more at http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2011/oct/how-diabetes-differs-for-men-and-women.html
Today, in honor of American Diabetes Month, we are announcing an educational program – Step On Up – developed as a collaboration with Pfizer for people with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or diabetic nerve pain. The program features Cedric The Entertainer, whose father has type 2 diabetes and is part of the 1 in 5 people living with diabetes who suffers from diabetic nerve pain.
High blood glucose increases your risk for permanent nerve damage that can lead to burning, shooting pain in the feet or hands. Talk to your doctor about these symptoms and take a step toward some pain relief. Check out our PSA and visit. http://StepOnUp.com/ to learn more.
Check out the video with Cedric!
Cedric’s father, who is living with diabetes, has diabetic nerve pain – burning, shooting pain in his feet and hands. With a passion to help others, Cedric is letting everyone know that people living with diabetes can develop nerve damage, which can cause diabetic nerve pain. He is encouraging people with diabetes and this kind of pain to start a conversation with their doctors. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152477977809033%E2%80%B3%3EPost%3C/a>
It can be hard to explain how you are feeling to your doctor. This Diabetic Nerve Pain Assessment can help you get the conversation started. You and your doctor can use it to see if you have diabetic nerve pain and how it is affecting you.
Fill it out and take it with you to your next doctor’s appointment.
Get Started
http://www.diabetespainhelp.com/diabetic-nerve-pain-assessment
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Cardiovascular disease afflicts people of all races, ethnicities, genders, religions, ages, sexual orientations, national origins and abilities. The American Heart Association is committed to ensuring that our work force and volunteers reflect the world’s diverse population. We know that such diversity will enrich us with the talent, energy, perspective and inspiration we need to achieve our mission: building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
The Council on Hypertension and Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, welcomes you to the High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions, held this September in San Francisco, CA. And November in Chicago, IL 2014.
This conference, focuses on recent advances in basic and clinical research on hypertension, is considered the premier scientific meeting on the subject in the world. The science submitted to this conference continues to bring us the most up to date developments on our understanding of: the causes of hypertension; its relationship to stroke, cardiac disease and kidney dysfunction; and the most effective means for detecting, evaluating and treating high blood pressure across diverse populations.
Christopher Wilcox, MD, PhD
Chair, High Blood Pressure Research Program Committee
Chief of Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Director, Center for Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Health
Georgetown University
CA- SEPTEMBER 2014: The Council on Hypertension is pleased to present…
The Excellence Award in Hypertension Research Supported by a grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation:
Life with Angiotensin Receptors
Thomas M. Coffman, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology,
Duke University, Durham, NC
Mechanisms of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension
Toshiro Fujita, MD, PhD
Professor University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Many others were acknowledged. Read more http://my.americanheart.org/idc/groups/ahamah-public/@wcm/@sop/@scon/documents/downloadable/ucm_467272.pdf
IL- NOVEMBER 2014: The American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions has the BEST science and is the leading cardiovascular conference for basic, translational, clinical and population science. Join the global leaders in the cardiovascular community in Chicago 2014- McCormick Place. Nov 15-19, 2014
CHICAGO Hypertension Highlights at Scientific Sessions 2014
• Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Hypertension
Sunday, November 16, 2014, 5:30–6:45 pm
• Hypertension 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014, 9:00–10:15 am
• Contribution of Arterial Stiffness to the Development
of Hypertension: From Bench to Bedside
Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 7:30–8:45 am
• The Pressures of Aging
Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 5:30–6:45 pm
• Joint AHA/American Society of Hypertension Session:
Can We Identify Response Markers to Antihypertensive Drugs?
Wednesday November 19, 9:00–10:15 am
KEY DATES:
Sept 3 Deadline to become an AHA/ASA Professional
Member to receive early registration rates
Sept 17 Deadline for early registration rates
Oct 1 Deadline to become an AHA/ASA Professional
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Oct 15 Deadline for advance registration rates
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Conference Packages Early Bird Through September 17, 2014
Members Get Discounts. http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Membership/Membership_UCM_316891_SubHomePage.jsp
Scientific Sessions – 5 Day Conference Package Description
Saturday, November 15–Wednesday, November 19
Includes access to the Scientific Sessions program for all 5 days and access to the Science & Technology Hall Sunday November 16-Tuesday, November 18th.
Does not include access to the Resuscitation Science Symposium, Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Symposium, or Arrhythmia Research Summit. $225
Scientific Sessions – 1 Day Conference Package Description
Saturday, November 15–Wednesday, November 19
Includes access to the Scientific Sessions Conference program for 1 day and access to the Science & Technology Hall on that same day.
Cannot be combined with the Resuscitation Science Symposium 2 Day Conference, Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Symposium, or Arrhythmia Research Summit. $600
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Resuscitation Science Symposium 2-Day Conference Package Description
Saturday, November 15–Sunday, November 16
Includes access to the Resuscitation Science Symposium program on both days and access to the Science & Technology Hall Sunday, November 16.
Does NOT include access to the Scientific Sessions Conference, Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Symposium or Arrhythmia Research Summit. $100
Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Symposium 2-Day Conference Package Description
Tuesday, November 18–Wednesday, November 19
Includes access to Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Symposium on both days and access to the Science & Technology Hall Tuesday, November 19.
Does NOT include access to the Scientific Sessions Conference, Resuscitation Science Symposium, or Arrhythmia Research Summit. $225
Arrhythmia Research Summit – 1 Day Conference Package Description
Wednesday, November 19
Access to the Arrhythmia Research Summit program ONLY.
Does NOT include access to the Scientific Sessions Conference, Resuscitation Science Symposium, Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Nursing Symposium, or the Science & Technology Hall since the Hall will be closing on Tuesday, November 18th. $225