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How’s your CPR?
Most Americans don’t believe they could perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) to help save a life in a cardiac emergency, according to a recent American Heart Association survey. In an online survey of more than 1,100 adults, 89 percent said they were willing and able to do something to [...]
High BP? AHA says monitor it!
People with hypertension should routinely monitor their blood pressure at home to help manage the disease, according to a new joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses’ Association. The statement is published online in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association, the Journal of the [...]