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• Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Works, No Matter How Long Patient Was Obese

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• What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out

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• What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?

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• When Arteries Narrow, Chest Pain Can Come Earlier for Women Than Men

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• When 'Time Is Brain,' Mobile Stroke Units Speed Care

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• When Young Adults Vape, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate May Spike

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• Which Diets Help You Keep the Weight From Coming Back?

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• Who's Most at Risk From Coronavirus?

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• Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?

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• Wide Variations Found in 'Normal' Resting Heart Rate

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• Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study

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• Will Brushing and Flossing Protect You Against Stroke?

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• Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer

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• Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young

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• Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack

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• Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack

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• Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How

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• Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications

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• Women: Midlife Isn’t Too Late to Slash Stroke Risk

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• Workouts in the Park? Crime Fears Keep Some Away

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• Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA

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• Years of Endurance Exercise May Change Heart Structure

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• Young Black Adults More Prone to Stroke, but Don't Know It