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Georgia State University

Georgia State’s website represents its colleges and schools, centers of creativity and discovery, and provides visitors an opportunity to discover how Georgia State has a major impact on Atlanta, the nation and the world. Why it’s in the Showcase: This...




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The Bloggess

An incredibly popular blogger and now a New York Times bestselling author, Jenny’s blunt, incisive writing style and willingness to lay everything bare have made her a blogging favorite. The Bloggess is by Jennifer Lawson, an American journalist, author and...




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MIT Sloan Management Review

MIT Sloan Management Review leads the discourse among academic researchers, business executives and other influential thought leaders about advances in management practice that are transforming how people lead and innovate. MIT SMR disseminates new management research and innovative ideas so...




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Pulse by Target

The Pulse Blog was created to help our candidates get a sneak peek into what it’s like to work at Target. Whether you’re interested in stores, distribution or headquarters, we hope you can get a feel for the Target culture...




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Ireland’s Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht oversees the conservation, preservation, protection and presentation of Ireland’s heritage and cultural assets. Our goals are to promote and protect Ireland’s heritage and culture, to advance the use of the Irish language,...




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Frankfurter Allgemeine Blogs

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Frankfurt General Newspaper), short F.A.Z., also known as theFAZ, is a German newspaper founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. Its Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (F.A.S.). [source: Wikipedia]  




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The Village Voice

The Village Voice was founded by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, and Norman Mailer in 1955 as “the nation’s first alternative newsweekly.” Winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, the Village Voice introduced free-form, high-spirited, and passionate journalism into the public discourse.




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Capgemini

Moving from Drupal 7 to WordPress made sense for a business user like Capgemini, freeing up much of the technical overhead and complexity surrounding content publishing and more. Human Made helped Capgemini enable a new digital culture of creation with...




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Hodge Bank

Hodge Bank is a well-established UK savings and commercial lending bank, who run a number of websites on WordPress. The main bank website, produced by Illustrate Digital, is a security-conscious tool to help customers explore financial products and provide access...




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Nonprofit sector urges Congress to include “Nonprofit Track” in CARES Act 2.0

April 8—The nation’s nonprofits are on the frontlines in our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, working tirelessly to serve the people who need our services despite facing challenging circumstances within our own organizations. If we are to...




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Growing cardiovascular genetics field calls for special multidisciplinary clinical programs to better identify and treat inherited heart conditions

Statement Highlights: In a new scientific statement, the American Heart Association supports the creation of specialized multidisciplinary clinical programs that combine cardiovascular medicine and genetics expertise. These specialized programs would use genetic information to better treat patients with inherited heart conditions, as well as assess family members without current heart problems and take steps to reduce their risk.




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Treating more than just the heart is critical for geriatric patients

Statement Highlights: Geriatric conditions such as frailty, cognitive impairment, taking multiple medications and having multiple medical conditions complicate care for older people with acute cardiovascular diseases. Most research on how to treat...




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Better lifestyle habits are useful additions to optimize management of atrial fibrillation

Statement Highlights: Improving lifestyle habits – such as attaining and maintaining a healthy body weight and getting regular, moderate physical activity – may be useful additions to physician-guided management of atrial fibrillation (AF), a serious...




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Women’s lifestyle changes, even in middle age, may reduce future stroke risk

Study Highlights: Middle age may not be too late for women to substantially lower their stroke risk through lifestyle modifications. Middle-aged women who quit smoking, started exercising, maintained a healthy weight and made healthy food choices saw...




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Patient groups urge court to reject rule weakening health insurance standards

Washington, D.C.—March 20, 2020—Patient groups representing millions of people with serious health conditions are urging a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reject a federal rule expanding the availability of short-term limited-duration...




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Statement: Leaders of nation’s charitable nonprofits urge Congress to go further

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 23) —The organizations highlighted below express thanks to the Senate for taking the first step in recognizing nonprofits in its proposed relief package. However, we believe Congress needs to take further actions to ensure our...




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Leaders of nation’s charitable nonprofits respond to passage of CARES

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 26, 2020 — Following days of heated marathon negotiations, the Senate approved the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the largest emergency aid package in U.S. history. The CARES Act includes more than $2...




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Leading Health Care Groups Issue Urgent Call for Federal Action to Address Medical Equipment Shortages

  WASHINGTON, D.C., March 30, 2020 — As longstanding organizations representing and supporting those on the front lines who are risking their lives caring for the world’s most vulnerable patients, we stand united in voicing our concern over the ...




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28 Patient and consumer groups urge the administration to implement a special enrollment period for Healthcare.gov

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2020 – 28 patient and consumer groups representing millions of people nationwide with pre-existing health conditions issued the following statement regarding the administration’s decision not to initiate a special enrollment...




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More than 200 patient groups call on Administration to take additional action to alleviate critical shortage of ventilators, PPE, ensure safety of providers, patients

Today, more than patient advocacy, medical and public health organizations sent a letter to senior Trump Administration officials, appealing to the Administration to take immediate action to alleviate the critical shortage across the nation ventilators...




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Alerta de medios de la AHA: El COVID-19 genera preguntas sobre un mayor riesgo para las personas con ECV y los sobrevivientes de accidentes cerebrovasculares

Sala de prensa sobre el COVID-19 de la AHA DALLAS, 3 de abril del 2020 – El COVID-19 está generando preguntas y preocupaciones generalizadas sobre el mayor riesgo que implica para aquellos con cardiopatías y sobrevivientes de accidentes...




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La nueva amenaza de la pandemia: gente podría morir por no llamar al 911

DALLAS, 22 de abril de 2020 — Informes de las líneas del frente de los hospitales indican que la cantidad de ataques del corazón y ataques cerebrales a nivel nacional ha caído en forma precipitosa. Sin embargo, es claro que COVID-19 no hace que las ...




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E-cigarette users experience vascular damage similar to that of smokers of combustible cigarettes

Research Highlights: Young adults using e-cigarettes experienced arterial stiffness and blood vessel damage similar to those who smoke traditional cigarettes. There was no evidence that using e-cigarettes reduced the cardiovascular injury associated...




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American Heart Association urges patients to quickly call 911 for chest pain or heart symptoms

Circulation Journal Report AHA COVID-19 Newsroom   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4 a.m. CT/5 a.m. ET, Saturday, May 2, 2020   DALLAS, May 2, 2020 — American Heart Association volunteer experts issued Temporary Emergency Guidance to STEMI Systems of Care...




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COVID-19 has unmasked significant health disparities in the U.S.; essay on behalf of the Association of Black Cardiologists suggests solutions




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Genetic study ties higher alcohol consumption to increased stroke and PAD risk

Research Highlights: Using genetic analysis, researchers found higher alcohol consumption increased risks for stroke and peripheral artery disease (PAD). Studies using genetic analysis don’t rely on observational data, which often use self-reported...




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Teen obesity, diabetes or high blood pressure may lead to prematurely aged arteries

Research Highlights: Teens who have obesity, type 2 diabetes or high systolic blood pressure show greater signs of blood vessel aging compared to healthy, normal weight teens. Thicker and stiffer blood vessels were more likely among teens that had...




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Study finds trend toward benefit in using blood-clotting agent for bleeding stroke

Research Highlights: There are few treatment options for bleeding stroke. There was a trend towards reduced growth of brain bleeds in those treated with the antifibrinolytic agent tranexamic acid within 4.5 hours of stroke onset, compared to those ...




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Leg pain medication may prevent re-blockage of neck arteries after a stent

Research Highlights: Adding cilostazol, an antiplatelet medication for leg pain, to other drugs tended to prevent re-blockage of carotid artery stents within two years. This is the first trial to show potential effectiveness of medical management for...




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Secondary analysis confirms safety of blood thinning agent

Research Highlights: The blood thinner apixaban, which treats and prevents blood clots in some people with irregular heart rhythm, is safe and effective in stroke patients. Apixaban is associated with less bleeding, death and hospitalization than ...




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Surgeons successfully treat brain aneurysms using a robot

Research Highlights: A robot was used to treat brain aneurysms for the first time. The robotic system could eventually allow remote surgery, enabling surgeons to treat strokes from afar. Embargoed until 11:15 a.m. Pacific Time / 2:15 p.m. Eastern ...




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For older adults, more physical activity could mean longer, healthier lives




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Comer más proteína vegetal y lácteos en lugar de carne roja puede mejorar la salud del corazón

Puntos destacados de la investigación: En un estudio de más de 37 000 estadounidenses, aquellos que comieron la mayor cantidad de proteína vegetal tenían un 29% menos de probabilidades de morir de una enfermedad coronaria. Sustituir una porción por...




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Genetic scoring can identify more men at risk for aortic aneurysm

Research Highlights: A genetic risk score from a blood test identified more men age 50 and older who are at higher risk of an aortic aneurysm and could benefit from ultrasound screening. Weakness and bulging in the wall of the aorta, the major blood ...




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Passages: a common struggle for civil rights

A group of singers from Tampa Bay traveled to Israel and the West Bank to perform a play about Martin Luther King Jr. The play, "Passages of Martin Luther King," explores the philosophy of non-violence that guided the American civil rights movement. The U.S. Department of State sponsored the play's performance in Jerusalem and on the West Bank as a cultural exchange with the Palestinian National Theater and Palestinian director Kamel Elbasha. The play was performed with Palestinian and American artists who performed 10 shows over three and a half weeks as a way to share King's message of non-violence and peaceful resistance.




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Rite of Passage

When Madje's dementia proved relentless, her daughter Maggie moved her life to care for her. Maggie documented the liberation from the roles she and her mother had learned to play -- a discovery that gave her the mother she always wanted.




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WWF - Change is already there

To celebrate it's 40th birthday, WWF-France, the first French environmental NGO, offers a new interactive sensory experience based on a parallax effect. Developed on HTML5, this photographic exhibition is organized around five main themes: species, climate change, forests, ecological footprint, oceans, fresh water. WWF invites the user to share 40 years of action through videos, photos and stories.




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Nueva capacitación sobre el manejo de oxigenación y ventilación para profesionales de la salud

DALLAS, 3 de abril del 2020 – Con la pandemia de COVID-19, más pacientes presentan disnea (dificultad para respirar) y necesitan ventiladores para ayudarlos a respirar. Debido a que los volúmenes de pacientes en hospitales y unidades de cuidados...




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New oxygenation and ventilation management training for health care providers

DALLAS, April 3, 2020 — With the COVID-19 pandemic, more patients are having difficulty breathing and requiring ventilators to help them breathe. As hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) volumes increase with COVID-19 patients, health care ...




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Interim CPR guidelines address challenges of providing resuscitation during COVID-19 pandemic

Embargoed until 8 a.m. CT / 9 a.m. ET Thursday, April 9, 2020   AHA COVID-19 newsroom   DALLAS, April 9, 2020 — With COVID-19 incidence currently increasing exponentially worldwide, the percentage of cardiac arrests with COVID-19 are also likely to...




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Application deadline extended for college scholarships and school grants from American Heart Association’s school-based programs

DALLAS, April 14, 2020 – The American Heart Association has extended the deadline for individual scholarships and school grants offered through Kids Heart Challenge and American Heart Challenge to June 30. As schools nationwide moved to remote learning,...




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Move through the tough times, together, with tWitch and Allison Boss, dancing duo and TV personalities

DALLAS, April 20, 2020 — With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changing the daily routines of many Americans, the American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization focused on heart and brain health for all, is committed to help...




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Online business exchange creates community, makes critical connections to meet needs during COVID-19 pandemic

DALLAS, April 29, 2020 — As the shortage of many goods, resources and services grows during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the American Heart Association, the leading nonprofit organization focused on a world of healthier lives for all, has launched ...




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Scheduling surgery, COVID-19 risks and more: What heart valve patients need to know

DALLAS, May 5, 2020 — An estimated five million patients in the United States live with heart valve disease, and many have had upcoming valve repair surgery rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Heart Association, along with 14 North...




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Free-agent signings each team can be proud of

We look at the best free-agent signings for each team this century.




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Most shocking free-agent decisions in MLB history

Since the first free agent signing of the modern era back in 1974, there have been several free agent deals that shook the baseball world and realigned power across the Majors. Here's a look at several moves that changed the landscape of baseball, and in some cases, were downright shocking:




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10 of MLB's biggest player-team reunions

Through MLB history, plenty of players have returned to the teams where they became stars. Let's take a look back at 10 of the most memorable ones.




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Biggest free-agent contracts in MLB history

Manny Machado inked a 10-year, $300 million deal with the Padres, the biggest free-agent contract in MLB history. Here's the Top 10.




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Alternatives to NOAH AMS (Association Management System)

Some might tell you the only way to manage your association is through a “one size fits all” Association Management System like NOAH. While these tools have their place, they are not the best solution in all situations. In this article, we’ll discuss benefits towards assembling a custom Association Management System using open source tools […]

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Does the hero image matter?

An overwhelming majority of websites incorporate the “hero image” design pattern. This is where a large, visually impactful image is used at the top of the page along with key messaging to emotionally engage the target audience. As one of the first elements one sees, the actual imagery used is often subject of attention during […]

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