Heart Month Observed By Northern Hearts Event
February is Heart Month highlighting heart disease awareness in Canada with 2.4 million Canadians diagnosed. The article outlines common heart conditions including coronary artery disease arrhythmia cardiomyopathy congenital defects and valve diseases and notes risk factors tied to lifestyle that can be modified to reduce risk.
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Canada
Mayo Clinic
Northern Hearts
Ontario
Northern Hearts hosts Healthy Heart Day and Rock with Doc event
Northern Hearts plans the second annual Healthy Heart Day in Thunder Bay with educational sessions on heart health and programming to promote healthier lifestyles. The event, in partnership with the Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre, includes a Friday April 5 Rock with Doc dance at Royal Canadian Legion to raise awareness.
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Northern Hearts
Thunder Bay
Royal Canadian Legion
van Norman Street
Northernhearts.org
NorthernHeartsThunderBay
Never ignore early heart failure symptoms, says doctor
In a Chronicle Journal Doctor Game piece, Dr. Ken Walker reflects on aging, heart failure, and prevention. He cites the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and urges reporting early signs like fatigue cough and ankle swelling to doctors. The column links obesity and type 2 diabetes to rising cardiovascular deaths.
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Michael McDonald
Peter Munk
University of Toronto
Abraham Lincoln
Shakespeare
Brutus
Doctor
Chronicle-Journal
Ken Walker
W. Gifford-Jones
Toronto
Menopause symptoms tied to later dementia risk study
University of Calgary researchers led by Dr. Zahinoor Ismail study 800 women from CAN-PROTECT, exploring whether severe mid life menopausal symptoms predict cognitive decline and mild behavioral impairment later, a possible early dementia marker. Results, peer reviewed and to be published this spring, link higher symptom burden to greater impairment.
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Calgary
Ismail
Toronto
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