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Today is the first day of American Heart Month - and one Arizona cardiology nurse practitioner wants to shed light on the importance of good heart health, and in knowing life-saving hands-only CPR. Mia Chorney is a volunteer with the American Heart Association in Phoenix, and has experienced her own cardiac event - but today she wants to help raise awareness. She said each year across the country more than 350,000 people die from cardiac arrest, which includes about 23,000 children. ...

Scientists, oncologists and patients in Indiana are celebrating years of medical breakthroughs ahead of World Cancer Day on Sunday. Nearly 25 years ago, when the first World Cancer Day was observed, about 90% of men diagnosed with testicular cancer were all but certain to die from the disease. But a quarter-century later, thanks to research, the survival rate has dramatically changed. ...

Indiana does not fare well in a new report on what state and federal officials are, or could be, doing to discourage tobacco use. The American Lung Association's "State of Tobacco Control" report evaluates every state and the federal government on their tobacco-control laws and policies, including for e-cigarettes. It assigns letter grades, like a report card. ...

Gov. Tony Evers announced a new task force this week to address hiring issues within health care in Wisconsin. Those speaking up for rural health access see opportunities. ...

Aspirus Stanley Hospital emergency department supervisor and trauma coordinator Nicole Dekan was named a Community Hero by the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health.