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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – Valentine’s Day Educational Outreach and Health Fair

Posted on February 13, 2013 by | Leave a comment

imagesParticipants will have the opportunity to talk to a heart and stroke prevention specialist, ask a nutritionist about diet and weight loss, have your blood pressure measured, speak with a smoking cessation specialist, take home information on cholesterol and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease and find out how to start an exercise program. Continue reading →

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St. Lukes: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – Valentine’s Day Educational Outreach and Health Fair

Posted on January 31, 2013 by | Leave a comment

MadisonPicTake advantage of the opportunity to talk to a heart and stroke prevention specialist; ask a nutritionist about diet and weight loss, have your blood pressure measured, speak with a smoking cessation specialist, take home information on cholesterol and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease and find out how to start an exercise program. Continue reading →

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Maya Angelou The Heart of A Women Signed 1st Edition Book

Posted on December 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

maya angelou signedMaya Angelou’s The Heart of A Women is a signed autograph hardback 1st Edition Book. Continue reading →

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More Harlem Children are Overweight …

Posted on October 4, 2010 by | 1 Comment

A new study from the Health Department suggests that many parents are failing to recognize weight problems in New York City ’s children. When parents are questioned about their 6- to 12- year-old children, they report that less than a fifth of their kids (18%) are slightly or very overweight.  When the same parents are asked whether a health care provider said their child was overweight during the past year, the proportion answering yes is even lower (13%). Continue reading →

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Harlem and Food Is A “Fast Food Desert”

Posted on September 24, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Our community, Harlem, suffers from the highest rates of heart disease, hypertension, type II diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity in New York City. Continue reading →

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Dr. Nelson: Let’s Hear It For The Boys!!

Posted on September 24, 2010 by | 2 Comments

According to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the life expectancy for New Yorkers is at an all time high, with life expectancy at 79.4 years. However, according to this report, men continue to die six years younger than women, 76 vs 82 years with more than 1/3 of deaths among NYC men occurring before the age of 65. Let’s forget about statistics for a moment, take a look at your family, how many men past away before the age of 65? I know in my family the majority of men died before 60 much less 65!! Why is this the case? And what can be done about it?

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