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Framingham Heart Study edition of Progress in CVD

[From Henry Greenberg, MD] I have been a fan of the Framingham Heart Study for decades. Its impact on U.S. health care has been enormous, both in how we practice medicine and how we view CVD as a public health challenge...

Tobacco-related research

To wrap up World No Tobacco week, we've selected several tobacco-related research studies that the ProCor editorial team covered in the past...

How does tobacco prevention succeed in hostile territory? A commentary

Despite the mounting force of scientific and economic evidence on your side, how do you implement tobacco prevention efforts in places like Lebanon, where the majority of people support tobacco use?

Ashanti-ProCor Project

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Ashanti-ProCor Project: Update 7/09

Nearly 20 hours of focus group discussion and key information interviews, conducted in November 2008, have been transcribed and are being coded prior to qualitative analysis. Additional discussions with pharmacy and medical herbalist students (in conjunction with KNUST) are being planned for September-October 2009; and focus groups with pharmacists and nursing students will take place in November...

Information poverty: CVD risk factor

"Modern medicine, even at a basic level, has largely failed the majority of the world's population. The human consequences are likely to be massive: death and harm caused directly by health workers; and failure to prevent deaths that are readily avoided by appropriate interventions."

Ashanti-ProCor Project: Update Dec 2008

The Ashanti-ProCor Project launched a series of focus groups and interviews with physicians, nurses, medical students, and information specialists in Kumasi, Ghana, to help develop communication strategies promoting heart health locally and globally...

Notice Board

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AIMS/ACTM call for abstracts: 100 years of tropical medicine conference

AIMS and ACTM are calling for oral presentation and poster abstracts for the 100 years of tropical medicine conference in Townsville, Australia...

World Heart Federation: World Congress of Cardiology advanced scientific sessions 2010

The World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2010 will take place 16-19 June in Beijing, China...

Tobacco Research Network on Disparities call for papers: Tobacco-related inequities

The Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND) is calling for original research papers that address the role of social stratification in tobacco-related inequalities...

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