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This seminar, started by the likes of Drs. Ancel Keys, Geoffrey Rose, and Jerry Stamler, is an incredible opportunity for young investigators. I would strongly encourage anyone interested to submit an application. I… Continue

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In an effort to expand the YPCDN/NCD Action googledoc with training activities, Shweta Khandelwal suggested adding a section of grants that individuals have successfully earned so others will know where to look for NCD-related grants. The googledoc will have the same link (… Continue

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I want to ask the NCD Action community to check out our googledocs spreadsheet, which lists recent and ongoing NCD training and funding opportunities: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsXkvsSPYT3GdHBWTWZFeWlVNDEwSEhWNUN5N2NMbEE&hl=en_US&authkey=COqng8kE#gid=0.



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To build on Dr. Vedanthan's blog about the AHA 2020 goals of improving cardiovascular health by 20% by 2020 (as well as reducing age-adjusted deaths due to heart disease and stroke by an additional 20%), it might be good to review a few principles of prevention. Some of you might find such a topic elementary, but I hope to include a few wrinkles to keep it interesting.



"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," Ben Franklin once wrote. But it's the type of prevention that… Continue