Posted on January 27, 2010 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
The News Journal promotes Wear Red Day on February 5, 2010 to increase awareness of cardiovascular disease in women. The News Journal outlines the severity of Delaware’s cardiovascular mortality statistics and the Delaware programs targeting the problem:
Delaware has more female deaths resulting from heart disease than two-thirds of the rest of the nation, ranking 39th out of the 50 states for mortality.
The Heart Truth Delaware is pioneering a three-year program, supported by the Federal Office on Women’s Health. The program is working with Delaware’s primary-care providers in family medicine, internal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology to provide professional education programs integrating Heart Truth materials and American Heart Association guidelines.
Click here to read the entire article.
On Wear Red Day, restaurants in Newark, Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach are joining Christiana Care Health System and the American Heart Association in the fight against cardiovascular disease in women by providing free heart-healthy menu items to patrons wearing red. Click here for more information.
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Posted on January 21, 2010 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
At no cost to your group or organization, we can share The Heart Truth Delaware professional education materials and lectures in a variety of venues or events tailored to your specific needs, such as:
- Breakfast, lunch or dinner meetings
- Staff educational workshops and meetings
- Speakers for scheduled conferences, Residency Lectures and Grand Rounds
We can also provide Motivational Interviewing Training for you and your staff. Encorporating this counseling technique into your practice will empower your patients to make significant health behavior changes.
Our Community Resource Guide informs your staff of the local services available to prevent, manage and treat CVD.
How you can reach us
Please call (302)733-1904 and ask to speak to Sonya R. Feinberg, MPH, Deputy Project Director. You can also email Sonya at sfeinberg@christianacare.org.
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Posted on January 21, 2010 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
Upcoming Heart Truth Delaware Professional Education Events:
February 18th, 2010
The Heart Truth Delaware Presentation
Delaware Dietetics Association, Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, DE
February 10th, 2010
Women and Coronary Heart Disease: Lessons from WISE
Department of Cardiology Grand Rounds, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE
February 11th, 2010
Women and Ischemic Heart Disease: Update 2010
Department of Cardiology Grand Rounds, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE
February 18th, 2010
The Heart Truth Delaware Presentation
Delaware Dietetics Association, Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, DE
February 20th, 2010
The Cardiac Patient and Primary Care in the New Health Care Era
American College of Physicians Delaware Chapter Scientific Meeting, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
March 25th, 2010
The Heart Truth Delaware Presentation
Westside Family Healthcare, Wilmington, DE
April 10, 2010
The Heart Truth Delaware Presentation
Delaware State Osteopathic Medical Society Women Health Conference, University and Whist Club, Wilmington, DE
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Posted on January 21, 2010 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
According to The News Journal, Newark Post, Dover Post , and Sussex Countian , the new Senate bill SB81, if enacted, would require restaurants with 10 or more locations nationwide to list for each food item the number of calories, and the grams of saturated fat, grams of carbohydrates and milligrams of sodium upon request. The listings must be printed “in a size and typeface similar to price and other information provided about each menu item. This will give consumers key information to maintain a healthy diet as excess calories is the leading cause of increasing trends in overweight and obesity.
The American Heart Association hosted an “educational lunch” at Legislative Hall last week where it was confirmed that many of the State’s lawmakers and passers failed to accurately calculate the number of calories in some of their favorite restaurant foods.
If you would like you and your patients to be able to make more informed choices when eating out, please contact your legislators and encourage them to pass SB 81.
Many local health organizations support this important piece of legislation, including the American Heart Association, Delaware Center for Health Promotion, Nemours Health & Prevention Services, Medical Society of Delaware, American Diabetes Association and the Delaware Dietetic Association.
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Posted on December 17, 2009 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
A study published online in the December 11 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, “Clinical Implications of JUPITER (Justification for the Use of statins in Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin) in a U.S. Population: Insights From the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) Study” reports:
- Patients’ risk was analyzed over an average of seven years to determine that C-Reactive Protein (CRP) is a long-term indicator of cardiovascular risk. Approximately 20% of men over 50 and women over 60 has a similar profile of increased CRP but normal LDL.
- Study participants with elevated CRP and low LDL-C had a CVD event rate of 1.57% per year over 6.9 years, similar to the CVD event rate noted in the JUPITER study placebo group (1.36% per year over 1.9 years).
- The researchers demonstrated that a simple screening test — age plus CRP — can identify patients who may benefit from statin drugs.
J Am Coll Cardiol, 2009; 54:2388-2395, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.006
© 2009 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
The Journal of the American College of Cardiology published a study “Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease”:
- Authors recommend that healthy individuals should consume 500 mg daily of omega-3 fish oil containing EPA and DHA, and people with known heart disease or heart failure aim for at least 800 to 1,000 mg daily
- The strongest evidence of a cardioprotective effect of omega-3s appears in patients with established cardiovascular disease and following a heart attack with up to a 30 percent reduction in CV-related death.
- Dietary intake of fish oil can also decrease the risk of atherosclerosis, arrhythmias, heart attack, sudden cardiac death and even health failure
Click here to read the full article.
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Posted on November 18, 2009 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
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Posted on November 13, 2009 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
- Patients with chronic CVD are at increased risk of experiencing an acute exacerbation of disease during influenza epidemics.
- Patients with CVD risk factors such as hypertension, smoking, obesity, and family history of premature heart disease might be considered for priority care over healthy individuals but not before health care providers, the very young, elderly people, and the ill.
- Health care providers should be aware that influenza might produce increased numbers of cardiovascular events, leading to increased hospitalizations and use of resources to treat acute coronary events, heart failure, and stroke.
- Consideration should be given for having adequate supplies of commonly used cardiovascular medications for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular events.
For More Information:
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hotline (1-800-CDC-INFO) is available in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Posted on November 5, 2009 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
Posted on October 24, 2009 by Sonya Feinberg, MPH
A new study published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association finds :
- Women with preeclampsia have a 5.31 risk ratio for subsequent hypertension
- Women with preeclampsia have a 3.12 risk ratio for subsequent type 2 diabetes mellitus
- The severity, parity, and recurrence of preeclampsia increases the risk ratio of subsequent hypertension, ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, thromboembolic event, stroke, and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Lykke,J.A.langhoff-Roos,J. and Sibai et al, Hypertension, 53 (6), 944-951 2009. Hypertensive Pregnancy disorders and subsequent cardiovascular morbidity and Type 2 diabetes in the mother.
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