National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day – 11 Million Americans are Affected by Heart Valve Disease

AUDIO: Sue Peschin, President and CEO, Alliance for Aging Research
(Washington D.C., Friday, February 22, 2019) – National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day—recognized every February 22, is a campaign to increase recognition of the specific risks and symptoms of heart valve disease, improve detection and treatment,...

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New Data from Bread for the World Shows Hunger and Poverty Rates in the African-American Community Are Not Increasing Fast Enough

AUDIO: Marlysa D. Gamblin, Domestic Advisor for Policy and Programs, Bread for the World Institute
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 12, 2019) – February is Black History Month, and while hunger and poverty declined among African Americans in 2017, food insecurity has still not dropped enough this past year to match the...

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Eighty-Three Percent of the Estimated 50 Million Low To Moderate Income People Over the Age of 50 in America Are Struggling With Some or All of the Components of Their Financial Lives

AUDIO: Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President, AARP Foundation
(Washington D.C., Tuesday, February 12, 2019) – Eighty-three percent (42 million) of the estimated 50 million low- to moderate-income people over the age of 50 in America are struggling with some or all of the components...

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National Campaign Helps Americans Separate The Myths From Facts About Cancer Risk: February is Cancer Prevention Month

AUDIO: Alice Bender, MS, RDN, Director of Nutrition Programs, AICR
(Arlington, VA, Friday, February 1, 2019) – February is Cancer Prevention Month. The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is leading a national campaign to help Americans separate the myths from facts about cancer risk. Throughout...

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American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Announces the Cancer Advance of the Year

AUDIO: Bruce E. Johnson, MD, FASCO, Co-Executive Editor of Clinical Cancer Advances 2019, and Immediate Past-President, ASCO
(Alexandria, VA, Thursday, January 31, 2019) -The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has released its annual report on progress against cancer, Clinical Cancer Advances 2019. In the report, ASCO names progress in treating rare...

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Movement and Exercise are Key in Reducing Risk of Heart Disease: February is American Heart Month

AUDIO: Dr. Charlotte Pratt, Program Director and Deputy Branch Chief, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(Bethesda, MD, Wednesday, January 30, 2019) – Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. One in four people in the U.S. dies of heart disease each year. A risk factor...

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