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IMAGE: Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.PH. senior author, the First Sir Richard Doll Professor and senior academic advisor in FAU s Schmidt College of Medicine. view more
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Family history of early cardiac events in first degree relatives such as a parent or sibling is a major risk factor, especially for premature events. Currently, data on risks in close relatives of patients with a family history of premature heart attacks, chronic stable angina or peripheral vascular disease are sparse.
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University s Schmidt College of Medicine in collaboration with an international team of leading scientists in Italy, the United Kingdom and Poland, assembled a consecutive series of 230 patients with premature onset of heart attacks, strokes, angina or peripheral artery disease and a comparison group of apparently healthy men and women during a 24-month period. The comparison group had no family
Ich Bin Ein Berliner.
Although the Miamian (and occasional
New Times contributor) wrote the play during the height of the pandemic in 2020, she d been workshopping the idea in her head for a handful of years.
“I’ve had this idea in my brain for ages,” she says with obvious excitement. “This play about the moment when the Berlin Wall falls and everybody, including the audience, is in this fifth-grade classroom. And even though it’s happening to this one character, everybody is involved.”
The moment is personal for Garcia and is inspired by her own experiences. She remembers crying while watching the news of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, when she was 11 years old. The moment and her reaction to it is etched in her memory.
Early Cardiac Events Pose Major and Diverse Risks in Close Relatives
A study investigating a consecutive series of 230 patients with premature onset of heart attacks, strokes, angina or peripheral artery disease and a comparison group shows that family history of early onset cardiac events is a major and independent risk factor in close relatives.
Family history of early cardiac events in first degree relatives such as a parent or sibling is a major risk factor, especially for premature events. Currently, data on risks in close relatives of patients with a family history of premature heart attacks, chronic stable angina or peripheral vascular disease are sparse.
Amid multiple bills targeting education in the Florida Legislature this session, from limits on Bright Futures scholarships to restrictions on academic freedom, a pair of bills that would force teachers unions (not police or firefighters, just teachers) to recertify their unions whenever they drop below 50% membership are particularly egregious, write representatives of the United Faculty of Florida's Florida Atlantic University chapter.