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For Physicians:
Practical Tips for
Lipidologists
For Communities:
Heart2Heart Talk
For Employers and Employees:
You and Health Reform
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| | Every year, 785,000 Americans are stricken by stroke. Many had no prior symptoms. Advances in medical science can help physicians indentify these patients at risk many years before a stroke occurs and effective preventive treatment implemented early. 
Updated 2009 AHA Stroke Statistics 600,000 Americans will have a new stroke 185,000 will have a recurrent stroke Women account for 60% of stroke death 87% are ischemic, 13% hemorrhagic Third largest killer of American males and females, after heart attack and cancer
You Tube Patient Mentoring Series: 1. How Plaques in the Arteries Develop Click this link to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVAWbG1KnuA 2. How Statin Medications Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke Click this link to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azZnkvAajAE 3. How Effective is Evidenced-based Medical Therapy in Preventing Heart Attack and Stroke Click this link to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zovIueGYC_U
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What does being high risk mean?
Take the Heart Risk Test.
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Prevention and Wellness Summary Provisions
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Contact Office for Non-Urgent Matters
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Emil M. deGoma, MD
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